# Eugen (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/eugen/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 226 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 226 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 5 | 3,617 |
| 1941 | 5 | 3,667 |
| 1942 | 6 | 3,327 |
| 1943 | 6 | 3,340 |
| 1947 | 6 | 3,477 |
| 1952 | 11 | 2,414 |
| 1954 | 7 | 3,258 |
| 1955 | 8 | 3,044 |
| 1958 | 5 | 4,136 |
| 1959 | 7 | 3,381 |
| 1960 | 10 | 2,744 |
| 1961 | 5 | 4,256 |
| 1977 | 5 | 6,161 |
| 1981 | 5 | 6,586 |
| 1988 | 5 | 7,644 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3 | 3,036 |

## People named Eugen

- Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk, Austrian economist (1851-1914)
- Eugen Dühring, German antisemitic philosopher and economist (1833-1921)
- Eugenius Warming, Danish botanist (1841–1924)
- Eugen Sandow, German bodybuilder and strongman (1867–1925)
- Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg, Duke of Wurttemburg (1732-1797)
- Karl II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg, Duke of Württemberg
- Archduke Eugen of Austria, Austrian archduke and military officer (1863-1954)
- Eugen Jochum, German conductor (1902-1987)
- Eugen Schmidt, Danish sportsman (1862–1931)
- Eugen Sänger, Austrian aerospace engineer (1905-1964)
- Eugen Ehrlich, Austrian lawyer (1862–1922)
- Eugen Schauman, Finnish nationalist, assassin of Nikolai Bobrikov (1875-1904)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.