Yevgeniy
Yevgeni, also transliterated as Yevgeny, Yevgenii, Yevgeniy, Evgeni, Evgeny, Evgenii, Evgeniy, Evgenyi or Evgenij, is the Russian form of the masculine given name Eugene. The short form is Zhenya (Женя), also transliterated as Jenya or Shenya.
Meaning & Origin of Yevgeniy
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yevgeni, also transliterated as Yevgeny, Yevgenii, Yevgeniy, Evgeni, Evgeny, Evgenii, Evgeniy, Evgenyi or Evgenij, is the Russian form of the masculine given name Eugene. The short form is Zhenya (Женя), also transliterated as Jenya or Shenya.
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The Story of Yevgeniy
Yevgeniy first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1999, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1999, when 6 Yevgeniys were born — ranking #8,702 that year. As of 2026, Yevgeniy ranks #8,702 for baby boys with 6 births, with steady use. In total, more than 6 Yevgeniys have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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About the name Yevgeniy
Yevgeniy is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1999 and has accumulated 6 births in the dataset. Yevgeniy's peak popularity came in 1999 when it ranked #8,702. Use the chart and map above to compare Yevgeniy's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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