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Baby name
Eugene
Boy
Origin of the name
Eugene comes from the Latin Eugenius, from the ancient Greek eugenēs, “well-born.”
Classic name
380,708births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 20rank at its peak, in 1927
Where babies named Eugene are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Eugene is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Eugene is most common in North Dakota (1.9 times), South Dakota (1.9) and Wisconsin (1.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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