Girls' name · peaked in 1908
Eunice name popularity since 1925
44,776 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Eunice (98.5% girls, 1.5% boys). Half of them were born in 1941 or earlier, so the typical Eunice is about 85 years old in 2026. Eunice peaked in 1908 as the #106 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 44,776
- Named Eunice, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1908
- #106 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,362 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 98.5% girls
- 44,108 girls · 668 boys
- Most popular in
- North Dakota
- 3.61× its national share
Peak year is the year Eunice made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Eunice births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1925. Measured as a share of all babies, Eunice peaked earlier, in 1908.
- Steepest fall: Between 1944 and 1949, Eunice's share of baby girls fell by 40%, from 1 in 1,860 to 1 in 3,080.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Eunice's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Eunice.
Decade by decade
Babies named Eunice in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 9,254 | 150 | – |
| 1930s | 11,601 | 222 | #170 |
| 1940s | 7,060 | 141 | #276 |
| 1950s | 4,494 | 91 | #424 |
| 1960s | 2,642 | 20 | #624 |
| 1970s | 1,669 | 24 | #807 |
| 1980s | 1,683 | 10 | #970 |
| 1990s | 1,989 | 10 | #894 |
| 2000s | 1,718 | 0 | #1,509 |
| 2010s | 1,428 | 0 | #1,538 |
| 2020–25 | 570 | 0 | #2,362 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
44.3% of babies named Eunice from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Eunice is most popular
The index compares Eunice's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Eunice.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | 3.61× | 463 |
| Mississippi | 2.72× | 1,340 |
| Alabama | 2.58× | 1,857 |
| South Carolina | 2.45× | 1,395 |
| Virginia | 1.89× | 1,729 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Eunice's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Eunice.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Eunice (1908).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data