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Nothing wrong with the name Eugene, but it isn't as popular in the West anymore. According to the Social Security Administration, it peaked in popularity among
by tvanantwerp 10y ago
Nothing wrong with the name Eugene, but it isn't as popular in the West anymore. According to the Social Security Administration, it peaked in popularity among American men at 20th most popular from 1927 to 1929. In 2015, it was 822nd most popular.
https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi
- paradite 10y agoGoogle ngram suggests that the name's popularity is relatively stable, no drastic changes: https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Eugene&year_start=1900&year_end=2015&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2CEugene%3B%2Cc0 https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Eugene&year_st... It is declining fast in American English: https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Eugene&year_start=1900&year_end=2008&corpus=17&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2CEugene%3B%2Cc0 https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Eugene&year_st... However, not the case in British English: https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Eugene&year_start=1900&year_end=2008&corpus=18&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2CEugene%3B%2Cc0 https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Eugene&year_st...
- Kluny 10y agoI think it's due for a comeback.