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.
Where Evelyn is popular in 1994
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- California#93 · 1 in 425
- Texas#136 · 1 in 651
- Alaska#175 · 1 in 556
- New York#180 · 1 in 976
- New Jersey#193 · 1 in 1,074
Best ever in a state: #1 in Minnesota, 2016.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #93 | 571 | 1 in 425 |
| Texas | #136 | 209 | 1 in 651 |
| Alaska | #175 | 5 | 1 in 556 |
| New York | #180 | 114 | 1 in 976 |
| New Jersey | #193 | 41 | 1 in 1,074 |
| Illinois | #197 | 73 | 1 in 1,017 |
| Maryland | #207 | 22 | 1 in 1,148 |
| Virginia | #220 | 29 | 1 in 1,216 |
| Connecticut | #229 | 13 | 1 in 1,313 |
| Arizona | #241 | 24 | 1 in 1,127 |
| Georgia | #251 | 29 | 1 in 1,405 |
| Idaho | #254 | 5 | 1 in 1,075 |
| Nevada | #255 | 7 | 1 in 1,110 |
| Nebraska | #257 | 6 | 1 in 1,349 |
| District of Columbia | #260 | 5 | 1 in 927 |
| South Carolina | #266 | 11 | 1 in 1,507 |
| Florida | #283 | 43 | 1 in 1,733 |
| Massachusetts | #305 | 18 | 1 in 1,879 |
| Alabama | #319 | 11 | 1 in 1,909 |
| Oklahoma | #328 | 9 | 1 in 1,799 |
| Washington | #328 | 16 | 1 in 1,806 |
| New Mexico | #336 | 6 | 1 in 1,471 |
| Louisiana | #345 | 12 | 1 in 1,868 |
| Oregon | #349 | 9 | 1 in 1,781 |
| Tennessee | #356 | 12 | 1 in 2,435 |
| North Carolina | #362 | 16 | 1 in 2,385 |
| Colorado | #365 | 10 | 1 in 2,023 |
| Minnesota | #402 | 9 | 1 in 2,847 |
| Indiana | #407 | 12 | 1 in 2,731 |
| Kansas | #430 | 5 | 1 in 2,576 |
| Wisconsin | #462 | 8 | 1 in 3,289 |
| Pennsylvania | #466 | 19 | 1 in 3,418 |
| Ohio | #476 | 18 | 1 in 3,593 |
| Missouri | #519 | 8 | 1 in 3,708 |
| Michigan | #785 | 8 | 1 in 6,776 |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Iowa | — | — | — |
| Kentucky | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1994
Top girls' names in 1994
Top boys' names in 1994
More about 1994
girls
1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 1,230 of them was named Evelyn, which outranked 98.7% of the 15,759 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,932,031 boys got a published name in 1994; 1 in 193,203 of them was named Evelyn, which outranked 46.8% of the 10,245 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,109Zackrey11
- #5,109Zalman11
- #5,109Zeshan11
- #5,452Evelyn10
- #5,452Aarion10
- #5,452Abisai10
- #5,452Able10
- #5,868Aaran9
- #5,868Aarin9
- #5,868Abanoub9
Tied with 415 names at #5,452; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.