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Eunice

Gender
Girl
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Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#1,779 for girls
US rank, 2025
#2,354 for girls

Eunice is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “good victory”. In 2025 it ranked 1,779th for girls in the UK (17 babies) and 2,354th for girls in the US (77 babies).

What does Eunice mean?

Greek: from Greek Eunike

“good victory”

In the New Testament, Eunice is the mother of Timothy, praised by Paul for her sincere faith.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Eunice a girl's or a boy's name?

Eunice is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the UK and 77 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Eunice in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,779among girls
Babies in 2025
17about 1 in 16,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 4% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 17 girls in the UK were named Eunice, making it the 1,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,780th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 23 girls.

2025 had more girls named Eunice than any year since 2020.

Half of all the girls named Eunice in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,719th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 23 in 20162025
Eunice in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202517#1,779
202415#1,953
202313#2,185
202213#2,157
20218#3,082
202017#1,780
201917#1,793
201813#2,198
201715#2,011
201623#1,498
201518#1,739
201418#1,722
201319#1,662
201220#1,615
201120#1,570
201021#1,527
200915#1,848
20089#2,663
200714#1,874
200616#1,614
200522#1,215
200418#1,342
200310#1,954
20025#3,047
200110#1,832
200011#1,689
19998#2,089
199813#1,505
19979#1,927
19967#2,201

How popular is Eunice in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,354among girls
Babies in 2025
77about 1 in 21,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 28% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 77 girls in the US were named Eunice, making it the 2,354th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,860th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 2,240 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Eunice than any year since 1882.

Half of all the girls named Eunice in the US since 1880 were born between 1917 and 1943, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 2,240 in 19212025
Eunice in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202577#2,354
2024100#1,966
202386#2,195
2022111#1,828
202192#2,071
2020104#1,860
2019134#1,585
2018125#1,672
2017133#1,625
2016151#1,505
2015145#1,537
2014147#1,508
2013147#1,502
2012135#1,602
2011142#1,540
2010169#1,372
2009135#1,650
2008157#1,486
2007166#1,424
2006178#1,314
2005138#1,508
2004212#1,082
2003176#1,208
2002182#1,141
2001182#1,146
2000192#1,073
1999202#1,010
1998193#1,027
1997179#1,060
1996180#1,034
1995212#890
1994202#930
1993202#933
1992218#896
1991195#963
1990206#922
1989179#969
1988214#841
1987182#913
1986176#915
1985159#969
1984138#1,028
1983148#983
1982165#914
1981146#998
1980176#871
1979143#995
1978153#924
1977148#936
1976170#818
1975170#807
1974159#831
1973177#761
1972174#784
1971184#788
1970191#762
1969198#717
1968198#688
1967200#685
1966231#630
1965245#624
1964303#565
1963303#564
1962306#560
1961332#541
1960326#533
1959384#498
1958384#486
1957437#452
1956406#452
1955432#423
1954422#426
1953456#396
1952505#366
1951525#348
1950543#332
1949555#329
1948601#314
1947705#297
1946632#291
1945628#275
1944715#255
1943785#241
1942799#240
1941772#226
1940868#202
1939848#205
1938942#195
19371,042#186
19361,062#179
19351,129#170
19341,231#161
19331,189#154
19321,376#146
19311,344#147
19301,438#148
19291,546#145
19281,721#138
19271,948#134
19261,942#134
19252,097#130
19242,147#130
19232,114#125
19222,179#119
19212,240#120
19202,238#115
19192,061#119
19182,224#111
19172,035#111
19161,964#110
19151,860#109
19141,478#109
19131,214#107
19121,066#109
1911830#109
1910742#113
1909625#117
1908676#106
1907608#111
1906554#114
1905525#122
1904502#117
1903469#119
1902490#118
1901424#122
1900503#125
1899385#126
1898437#123
1897387#127
1896351#136
1895334#137
1894295#148
1893310#135
1892294#141
1891237#148
1890214#166
1889185#163
1888180#162
1887136#172
1886142#163
1885136#157
1884112#166
1883106#160
188275#183
188177#172
188067#182

Names like Eunice

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Names related to Eunice

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Eunice: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eunice, updated 20 October 2026.