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Eunice

/ˈjunəs/ · 99% girls · 77 born in 2025

Eunice has been given to about 81,514 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1920, which makes it a interwar name.

Meaning—
Origin—
Syllables2
Pronunciation/ˈjunəs/
Nicknames—
Living in the US≈ 28,876
Median age today75 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Eunice per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1920 · 2,278
  • Born in 202577
  • All time81,514
  • England & Wales, 202517

How popular is Eunice?

Its best year was 1920, when 2,278 babies were given the name, ranking 115th. The typical living American called Eunice is about 75 years old today. It is relatively most common in New York, where it accounts for 0.01% of births.

Names that sound like Eunice

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Bernice0.75
  2. Vernice0.75
  3. Denice0.71
  4. Janice0.68
  5. Berenice0.68
  6. Justice0.64
  7. Berniece0.64
  8. Candice0.60

Middle names for Eunice

Ranked by flow score
  1. Eunice Catherine0.84
  2. Eunice Josephine0.84
  3. Eunice Rose0.83
  4. Eunice Marie0.83
  5. Eunice Jane0.83
  6. Eunice Louise0.83

Sibling names for Eunice

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Leonasister · 0.97
  2. Florasister · 0.97
  3. Opalsister · 0.97
  4. Cleoeither · 0.95
  5. Hughbrother · 0.95
  6. Sambrother · 0.94

Where Eunice is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state
  1. New York0.01%
  2. Texas0.00%
  3. California0.00%

With a common surname

Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
  1. Eunice White0.78
  2. Eunice Nguyen0.78
  3. Eunice Moore0.78
  4. Eunice Hill0.78
  5. Eunice Hall0.78
  6. Eunice Brown0.78

How to read these numbers

Every score on this page is explained
  1. Phonetic similarity0–1
  2. Middle-name flow0–1
  3. Sibling fit0–1
  4. Living population estimatemethod
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Sources for Eunice

Every figure on this page is public record
  1. United States1880–2025
  2. England & Wales1996–2025
  3. Scotland1974–2020
  4. France1900–2025
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Eunice across America

Share of 2025 births in each state. Darker means more common.
ME
WA
VT
NH
MT
ND
MN
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
ID
SD
IA
IL
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
NV
WY
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
CA
UT
CO
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
AZ
NM
OK
LA
MS
AL
SC
AK
TX
GA
FL
HI
raremost common

Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.