Eusebio
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Meaning
pious, devout (from Greek Eusebios); famously borne by Portuguese great Eusébio
The story
Eusebio comes from the Greek Eusebios, pious and devout, a name worn by early bishops and church historians, most famously Eusebius of Caesarea, who wrote the first great history of the Christian church. It settled into Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian as Eusebio and traveled wherever those languages went. Then, in the 1960s, a young man from Mozambique made it shorthand for footballing genius: Eusébio da Silva Ferreira, the Black Panther of Benfica, who won the Ballon d'Or in 1965 and scored nine goals at the 1966 World Cup, still one of the great tournament performances. In the United States the name has been a quiet presence rather than a common one, drifting along the bottom of the records for a century, with a small stir appearing in the 2020s. It remains a name of devotion that one man taught the world to cheer.
How popular is Eusebio around the world?
In the United States, 88 babies were named Eusebio between 2020 and 2025. In Spain, 10,700 residents are named Eusebio, the 246th most common name among men, with a mean age of 65.7 years.
Eusebio is on the official records of the United States, Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Brazil and Chile.
United States
1 in 250,000
In the United States, 88 babies were named Eusebio between 2020 and 2025.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Spain
1 in 4,200
In Spain, 10,700 residents are named Eusebio, the 246th most common name among men, with a mean age of 65.7 years.
Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025
Mexico City City
1 in 29,000
In Mexico City, there were 4 registrations of Eusebio in 2022.
share of that year’s registrations in the city
Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023 (3 registrations through 3 Mar) is excluded as partial. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023
Argentina
1 in 44,000
In Argentina, 15 newborns were given the name Eusebio in 2024.
share of that year’s name registrations
Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024
Brazil
1 in 100,000
At the 2022 census, 1,973 people in Brazil were named Eusebio, ranked 5,162nd, with a median age of 54.
Among people named Eusebio living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1970s than in any other decade.
people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth
People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
Chile
1 in 180,000
In Chile, 1 boy was registered as Eusebio in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.
share of that year’s name registrations
First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021
Montevideo City
last on record 2006
Eusebio is not on the 2011 record for Montevideo, whose registry withholds nothing, so the spelling was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 6 in a year, too few to chart.
Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial
Not on the record in Puerto Rico, England and Wales, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the South Australia record for 1944 to 2017: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Eusebio
People given the name Eusebio in the United States span the generations: the middle half were born anywhere from 1950 to 2009. Age is the one thing the name won't tell you.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
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