Eva

#134 for girls in 2025, 2,154 births · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1889 · 1,372 births
Debut · girls
614 births
In top 100 · girls
67 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
284,761
since 1880

Eva over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201917peak #31, 1889girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1342,154
2024#1202,306
2023#1112,416#12,2395
2022#1082,576
2021#932,836
2020#932,847
2019#863,180
2018#763,569
2017#733,642#10,7756
2016#743,814#12,1855
2015#763,772#9,5687
2014#833,687#10,7176
2013#883,433#9,6557
2012#863,369
2011#833,470
2010#913,280
2009#993,395
2008#1142,971
2007#1172,893#12,3675
2006#1222,789
2005#1292,475
2004#1981,729#7,5369
2003#2141,519
2002#2401,334
2001#2721,160
2000#2941,088#10,3495
1999#317975
1998#345846
1997#361766
1996#349795
1995#349752
1994#346769
1993#348735
1992#340765#6,6707
1991#326820#8,2365
1990#342780#5,3829
1989#323784#3,80914
1988#328754#5,7517
1987#346694#6,9515
1986#332732#5,9266
1985#317755#4,05210
1984#318742#3,45912
1983#287818#6,2385
1982#289845#5,0037
1981#283857#4,5098
1980#298838#5,5256
1979#297802
1978#270854
1977#291819#3,60610
1976#298771#5,5875
1975#302764#5,4645
1974#287837#2,94612
1973#281868#4,0547
1972#287886#4,4416
1971#289970
1970#2851,026
1969#2671,091
1968#2551,051
1967#2381,214
1966#2331,293#3,5376
1965#2331,339#3,5376
1964#2281,429#3,2827
1963#2271,457#3,6466
1962#2201,500#3,0418
1961#2201,533
1960#2041,685#3,6656
1959#2061,635#3,6196
1958#1931,764
1957#1961,799#2,49411
1956#1851,927
1955#1891,784#3,8865
1954#1871,713
1953#1941,592#2,9058
1952#1811,704#2,6809
1951#1831,574#3,3646
1950#1751,622#3,0217
1949#1701,667
1948#1621,775#2,7888
1947#1681,783#2,8628
1946#1611,652#2,5349
1945#1461,596#2,5748
1944#1481,658#2,4679
1943#1481,803#2,07413
1942#1401,876#1,73017
1941#1351,861#2,08312
1940#1321,890#2,17911
1939#1291,859#1,79515
1938#1261,907#1,81815
1937#1172,059#1,91314
1936#1162,002#2,30110
1935#1102,167#1,75716
1934#1002,389#1,65818
1933#1012,282#1,33025
1932#982,522#2,10113
1931#942,591#1,48922
1930#863,019#2,29312
1929#833,019#1,84817
1928#793,212#1,96016
1927#793,410#1,74820
1926#793,494#2,56611
1925#713,855#1,87018
1924#664,068#2,22914
1923#663,975#1,58923
1922#644,192#1,76520
1921#634,325#1,76620
1920#584,498#2,76510
1919#554,484#2,26513
1918#554,563#2,39812
1917#544,286#1,81517
1916#554,337#1,69818
1915#554,079#1,87815
1914#523,401#1,49217
1913#502,891#1,58012
1912#492,636#1,41712
1911#462,109#1,1909
1910#452,123#1,04510
1909#471,896#63618
1908#461,930#82511
1907#421,884#9998
1906#411,758#1,1116
1905#391,815#1,2335
1904#361,858#76010
1903#361,783#1,0096
1902#371,727#8628
1901#371,617#63711
1900#332,089#9688
1899#391,582#7149
1898#351,823#8857
1897#351,709#8527
1896#321,779
1895#341,767#1,0795
1894#351,673#7878
1893#321,668
1892#341,611
1891#331,412#7667
1890#321,436#60311
1889#311,372#9745
1888#341,329
1887#331,125#8196
1886#321,155
1885#38971
1884#38929
1883#32879
1882#41765
1881#34661
1880#41614
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Eva was already there! It came in at #41, and was given to 614 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 880 girls a year got the name.

See more about Eva
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 14 spots since 2024 (#120#134)
  • 41 spots since 2020 (#93#134)
  • 58 spots since 2015 (#76#134)
  • Biggest jump: 69 spots in 2005 (#198#129)
  • Biggest drop: 31 spots in 1984 (#287#318)
Rise & fade · girls
9 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1889 at #31 (1,372 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 67 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 67 yrs · run 1880–1932
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 125
  • Highest: 1 in 125 girls born in 1886 were named Eva (0.80%)
  • Latest: 1 in 746 girls born in 2025 (0.13%)
  • Its best rank, #31 in 1889, was only 1 in 130 (0.77%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 13.4% of all girls named Eva (38,048) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s9,800#31 (1889)#35
1890s16,460#32 (1896)#34
1900s18,357#33 (1900)#39
1910s34,909#45 (1910)#52
1920s38,048#58 (1920)#71
1930s22,797#86 (1930)#108
1940s17,561#132 (1940)#151
1950s17,114#175 (1950)#189
1960s13,592#204 (1960)#233
1970s8,597#270 (1978)#289
1980s7,819#283 (1981)#312
1990s8,003#317 (1999)#342
2000s21,353#99 (2009)#180
2010s35,216#73 (2017)#82
2020s15,135#93 (2020)#110

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Eva in 1917

girls
#54
4,286 births · 1 in 252 girls
boys
#1,815
17 births · 1 in 54,440 boys

Top girls' names in 1917

  1. #1Mary64,280
  2. #2Helen34,251
  3. #3Dorothy28,852
  4. #4Margaret25,560
  5. #5Ruth23,568
  6. #6Mildred16,256
  7. #7Anna15,160
  8. #8Elizabeth15,131
  9. #9Frances14,363
  10. #10Virginia14,261
  11. #54Eva4,286

Top boys' names in 1917

  1. #1John51,852
  2. #2William42,422
  3. #3James37,337
  4. #4Robert35,220
  5. #5Joseph24,761
  6. #6George24,196
  7. #7Charles24,143
  8. #8Edward17,501
  9. #9Frank15,768
  10. #10Thomas12,611
  11. #1,815Eva17
More about 1917

girls

1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 252 of them was named Eva, which outranked 99.0% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Eva
  1. #51Bertha4,881
  2. #52Sarah4,766
  3. #53Anne4,603
  4. #54Eva4,286
  5. #55Jane4,258
  6. #56Ida4,247
  7. #57Pearl4,232
Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 549Georgene#1,445#896
  2. 380Ottie#1,332#952
  3. 365Louis#1,298#933
  4. 334Valentine#1,298#964
  5. 322Harold#1,210#888
Fallers
  1. 401Ceola#840#1,241
  2. 373Floretta#964#1,337
  3. 344Buelah#993#1,337
  4. 326Glennie#915#1,241
  5. 290Maye#915#1,205

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 54,440 of them was named Eva, which outranked 60.6% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Eva
  1. #1,755Woodruff18
  2. #1,755Worley18
  3. #1,755Zollie18
  4. #1,815Eva17
  5. #1,815Ace17
  6. #1,815Achille17
  7. #1,815Atwood17
  8. #1,900Adolphe16
  9. #1,900Alger16
  10. #1,900Alto16

Tied with 84 names at #1,815; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 520Nicolas#1,304#784
  2. 469Hezekiah#1,415#946
  3. 433Hilliard#1,415#982
  4. 404Rayford#1,304#900
  5. 338Minoru#1,335#997
Fallers
  1. 1,738Tatsuo#824#2,562
  2. 709Berlin#984#1,693
  3. 556Prentice#972#1,528
  4. 473Manning#964#1,437
  5. 457Lovell#939#1,396

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1917