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Euclides

Boys' name

From Ancient Greek Εὐκλείδης; literal meaning unconfirmed

Euclides has been given to 20 babies in the U.S. since 1970. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1970, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Euclides, 1984

1 in 698,000

Euclides over time, 1880–2025

Boys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Euclides: meaning, origin, and history

From Ancient Greek Εὐκλείδης; literal meaning unconfirmed

Ancient Greek

What Euclides means

Euclides is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Euclides is used in Portuguese. Its origins include Ancient Greek.

Euclides comes through Ancient Greek Εὐκλείδης.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Portuguese, Euclides is pronounced /ewˈkli.d͡ʒis/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 20 boys were recorded with the name Euclides between 1970 and 1984. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1970; its best national rank was #4,939 in 1970.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Euclides?

Euclides had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1984, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1984
1 in 698,000
5 of 3,488,451 births
Among boys only
1 in 361,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 1984
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
483,603 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Euclides sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1984 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 483,603 children born in 1984 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Euclides. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Euclidess were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Euclides was born before 1976 — so the typical Euclides is around 49 today.

Median birth year
1976
About 49 years old
Biggest decade
1970s
75.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
20
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1970s — 75.0% of all recorded uses (15).

Is Euclides rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1970 (5)
Years since peak
55
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Not enough data
Too few years
Best rank ever
#4,939
1970

Euclides around the world

Where Euclides ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • France
    1976–1976
    #2,231
    in 1976

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Euclides by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#4,939
1970
Peak year
1970
5 that year
First recorded
1970
Last recorded
1984
All-time count
20
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Euclides

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Euclides

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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