Evelyn
#8 for girls in 2025, 9,123 births · #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2024 · 9,146 births
- Debut · girls
- 122 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 84 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 639,756since 1880
Evelyn over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8 | 9,123 | #8,910 | 8 |
| 2024 | #8 | 9,146 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | #9 | 9,121 | #8,921 | 8 |
| 2022 | #9 | 9,332 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | #9 | 9,495 | #7,587 | 10 |
| 2020 | #9 | 9,517 | #9,554 | 7 |
| 2019 | #10 | 10,443 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | #10 | 10,433 | #6,345 | 13 |
| 2017 | #9 | 10,748 | #7,095 | 11 |
| 2016 | #12 | 10,116 | #8,816 | 8 |
| 2015 | #15 | 9,377 | #5,289 | 17 |
| 2014 | #16 | 8,753 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #20 | 7,670 | #5,923 | 14 |
| 2012 | #27 | 6,880 | #6,306 | 13 |
| 2011 | #24 | 6,709 | #8,767 | 8 |
| 2010 | #39 | 5,843 | #8,803 | 8 |
| 2009 | #40 | 5,584 | — | |
| 2008 | #54 | 5,101 | #7,698 | 10 |
| 2007 | #55 | 5,054 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #65 | 4,751 | #7,427 | 10 |
| 2005 | #71 | 4,490 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #84 | 3,763 | #6,520 | 11 |
| 2003 | #88 | 3,701 | #5,877 | 12 |
| 2002 | #98 | 3,372 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #126 | 2,691 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #150 | 2,223 | — | |
| 1999 | #161 | 1,964 | — | |
| 1998 | #178 | 1,707 | — | |
| 1997 | #191 | 1,572 | — | |
| 1996 | #187 | 1,596 | #5,982 | 9 |
| 1995 | #195 | 1,508 | #5,928 | 9 |
| 1994 | #201 | 1,452 | #5,452 | 10 |
| 1993 | #211 | 1,347 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #203 | 1,411 | #3,105 | 21 |
| 1991 | #222 | 1,269 | #5,521 | 9 |
| 1990 | #220 | 1,302 | #3,971 | 14 |
| 1989 | #235 | 1,171 | #3,094 | 19 |
| 1988 | #235 | 1,124 | #3,350 | 15 |
| 1987 | #253 | 1,011 | #3,072 | 16 |
| 1986 | #240 | 1,081 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #229 | 1,132 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | #239 | 1,050 | #3,701 | 11 |
| 1983 | #222 | 1,139 | #3,230 | 13 |
| 1982 | #197 | 1,377 | #2,709 | 17 |
| 1981 | #242 | 1,032 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #288 | 861 | #3,838 | 10 |
| 1979 | #287 | 851 | — | |
| 1978 | #282 | 820 | — | |
| 1977 | #289 | 832 | — | |
| 1976 | #280 | 819 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #280 | 868 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #270 | 942 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #249 | 1,015 | #3,445 | 9 |
| 1972 | #254 | 1,060 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #231 | 1,301 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #216 | 1,466 | #3,282 | 9 |
| 1969 | #215 | 1,452 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #192 | 1,645 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #184 | 1,723 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | #176 | 1,872 | #2,784 | 9 |
| 1965 | #176 | 2,003 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #162 | 2,380 | #2,310 | 13 |
| 1963 | #159 | 2,567 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1962 | #153 | 2,780 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | #146 | 2,941 | #1,948 | 18 |
| 1960 | #137 | 3,219 | #2,871 | 9 |
| 1959 | #134 | 3,265 | #1,806 | 20 |
| 1958 | #134 | 3,275 | #2,026 | 16 |
| 1957 | #125 | 3,640 | #2,494 | 11 |
| 1956 | #120 | 3,748 | #1,886 | 18 |
| 1955 | #112 | 3,805 | #1,845 | 18 |
| 1954 | #109 | 3,952 | #2,207 | 13 |
| 1953 | #94 | 4,064 | #2,287 | 12 |
| 1952 | #90 | 4,155 | #2,153 | 13 |
| 1951 | #88 | 4,232 | #2,055 | 14 |
| 1950 | #86 | 4,275 | #2,438 | 10 |
| 1949 | #80 | 4,529 | #1,872 | 16 |
| 1948 | #74 | 4,840 | #2,027 | 14 |
| 1947 | #72 | 5,243 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1946 | #65 | 4,890 | #1,557 | 21 |
| 1945 | #57 | 4,377 | #1,926 | 13 |
| 1944 | #57 | 4,516 | #1,738 | 16 |
| 1943 | #53 | 4,912 | #1,910 | 15 |
| 1942 | #53 | 4,940 | #1,629 | 19 |
| 1941 | #50 | 4,928 | #1,411 | 23 |
| 1940 | #48 | 4,982 | #1,368 | 24 |
| 1939 | #40 | 5,332 | #1,007 | 40 |
| 1938 | #38 | 5,688 | #1,397 | 23 |
| 1937 | #36 | 5,760 | #1,119 | 34 |
| 1936 | #34 | 6,108 | #1,182 | 31 |
| 1935 | #31 | 6,560 | #1,194 | 31 |
| 1934 | #29 | 6,983 | #1,116 | 35 |
| 1933 | #30 | 6,947 | #1,405 | 23 |
| 1932 | #23 | 7,958 | #1,035 | 41 |
| 1931 | #24 | 8,492 | #1,078 | 39 |
| 1930 | #19 | 9,536 | #958 | 50 |
| 1929 | #19 | 9,886 | #1,111 | 39 |
| 1928 | #17 | 10,533 | #1,095 | 41 |
| 1927 | #15 | 11,495 | #1,178 | 37 |
| 1926 | #13 | 11,780 | #1,124 | 40 |
| 1925 | #12 | 12,505 | #1,184 | 36 |
| 1924 | #12 | 13,358 | #1,152 | 39 |
| 1923 | #12 | 13,173 | #1,157 | 38 |
| 1922 | #13 | 13,320 | #1,308 | 31 |
| 1921 | #12 | 14,278 | #1,360 | 30 |
| 1920 | #12 | 13,838 | #1,543 | 24 |
| 1919 | #11 | 13,321 | #1,386 | 27 |
| 1918 | #11 | 13,493 | #1,256 | 31 |
| 1917 | #11 | 12,532 | #1,264 | 29 |
| 1916 | #11 | 11,889 | #1,335 | 26 |
| 1915 | #10 | 11,595 | #1,372 | 24 |
| 1914 | #11 | 8,506 | #1,388 | 19 |
| 1913 | #12 | 6,683 | #1,173 | 19 |
| 1912 | #13 | 5,620 | #1,095 | 18 |
| 1911 | #16 | 4,076 | #1,038 | 11 |
| 1910 | #17 | 3,777 | #822 | 14 |
| 1909 | #18 | 3,157 | #1,083 | 8 |
| 1908 | #20 | 2,857 | #946 | 9 |
| 1907 | #18 | 3,035 | #778 | 12 |
| 1906 | #32 | 2,077 | #798 | 10 |
| 1905 | #45 | 1,661 | #786 | 10 |
| 1904 | #50 | 1,372 | #966 | 7 |
| 1903 | #54 | 1,211 | #846 | 8 |
| 1902 | #59 | 1,151 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | #62 | 966 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | #70 | 1,116 | #1,050 | 7 |
| 1899 | #74 | 802 | — | |
| 1898 | #76 | 836 | — | |
| 1897 | #80 | 690 | — | |
| 1896 | #84 | 646 | — | |
| 1895 | #87 | 630 | — | |
| 1894 | #99 | 491 | — | |
| 1893 | #104 | 457 | — | |
| 1892 | #106 | 418 | — | |
| 1891 | #109 | 362 | — | |
| 1890 | #125 | 316 | — | |
| 1889 | #118 | 320 | — | |
| 1888 | #139 | 237 | — | |
| 1887 | #135 | 194 | — | |
| 1886 | #135 | 203 | — | |
| 1885 | #131 | 191 | — | |
| 1884 | #134 | 170 | — | |
| 1883 | #140 | 139 | — | |
| 1882 | #142 | 125 | — | |
| 1881 | #135 | 116 | — | |
| 1880 | #133 | 122 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Evelyn was already there! It came in at #133, and was given to 122 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1884, when fewer than 180 girls a year got the name.
See more about Evelyn
- Held #8 since 2024
- 1 spot since 2020 (#9 → #8)
- 7 spots since 2015 (#15 → #8)
- Biggest jump: 46 spots in 1981 (#288 → #242)
- Biggest drop: 25 spots in 1983 (#197 → #222)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2024 at #8 (9,146 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: 10 yrs · run 2017–2025
- Top 100: 84 yrs · run 1894–1953
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 85 girls born in 1919 were named Evelyn (1.2%)
- Latest: 1 in 176 girls born in 2025 (0.57%)
- Its best rank, #8 in 2024, was only 1 in 177 (0.56%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 19.4% of all girls named Evelyn (124,166) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #10 (1915) → #289 (1977) → #8 (2024)
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,817 | #118 (1889) | #134 |
| 1890s | 5,648 | #74 (1899) | #94 |
| 1900s | 18,603 | #18 (1909) | #43 |
| 1910s | 91,492 | #10 (1915) | #12 |
| 1920s | 124,166 | #12 (1921) | #14 |
| 1930s | 69,364 | #19 (1930) | #30 |
| 1940s | 48,157 | #48 (1940) | #61 |
| 1950s | 38,411 | #86 (1950) | #109 |
| 1960s | 22,582 | #137 (1960) | #170 |
| 1970s | 9,974 | #216 (1970) | #264 |
| 1980s | 10,978 | #197 (1982) | #238 |
| 1990s | 15,128 | #161 (1999) | #197 |
| 2000s | 40,730 | #40 (2009) | #83 |
| 2010s | 86,972 | #9 (2017) | #18 |
| 2020s | 55,734 | #8 (2024) | #9 |
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.
Evelyn in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 1,435 of them was named Evelyn, which outranked 97.4% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 180,179 of them was named Evelyn, which outranked 41.9% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,152Zac10
- #3,152Zacharia10
- #3,152Zebedee10
- #3,344Evelyn9
- #3,344Abran9
- #3,344Adaryll9
- #3,344Aimee9
- #3,622Afshin8
- #3,622Aj8
- #3,622Akbar8
Tied with 277 names at #3,344; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.