Eva
Eva was given to 2,154 girls in 2025, #134 among girls’ names; 285,768 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 135,000 Americans named Eva and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (47% of everyone recorded); the median is 24 years old and half are between 12 and 63.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Eva by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Eva mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Eva is “a female given name from Latin, ultimately from Hebrew.”
The (Vulgate) Latin Eva, from Ancient Greek Εὔα (Eúa), from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā). A Latinate variant of the English Eve.
/ˈiːvə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Eva?
#134 among girls’ names, 2025
Eva fell from #76 in 2015 to #134 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 2.1 to 1.3 per 1,000.
4,575 babies in 1918, the peak
Eva peaked in 1918, when 4,575 babies were given it (4,563 girls, #55 among girls’ names). The 2,154 births of 2025 are 47% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,154 | #134 | 1.3 |
| 2024 | 2,306 | #120 | 1.4 |
| 2023 | 2,416 | #111 | 1.5 |
| 2022 | 2,576 | #108 | 1.6 |
| 2021 | 2,836 | #93 | 1.7 |
| 2020 | 2,847 | #93 | 1.8 |
| 2019 | 3,180 | #86 | 1.9 |
| 2018 | 3,569 | #76 | 2.1 |
| 2017 | 3,642 | #73 | 2.1 |
| 2016 | 3,814 | #74 | 2.2 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3,772 | #76 | 2.1 |
| 2014 | 3,687 | #83 | 2.1 |
| 2013 | 3,433 | #88 | 2.0 |
| 2012 | 3,369 | #86 | 1.9 |
| 2011 | 3,470 | #83 | 2.0 |
| 2010 | 3,280 | #91 | 1.8 |
| 2009 | 3,395 | #99 | 1.8 |
| 2008 | 2,971 | #114 | 1.6 |
| 2007 | 2,893 | #117 | 1.5 |
| 2006 | 2,789 | #122 | 1.5 |
| 2005 | 2,475 | #129 | 1.3 |
| 2004 | 1,729 | #198 | 0.94 |
| 2003 | 1,519 | #214 | 0.83 |
| 2002 | 1,334 | #240 | 0.74 |
| 2001 | 1,160 | #272 | 0.64 |
| 2000 | 1,088 | #294 | 0.60 |
| 1999 | 975 | #318 | 0.55 |
| 1998 | 846 | #345 | 0.48 |
| 1997 | 766 | #361 | 0.44 |
| 1996 | 795 | #349 | 0.45 |
| 1995 | 752 | #349 | 0.43 |
| 1994 | 769 | #347 | 0.43 |
| 1993 | 735 | #348 | 0.41 |
| 1992 | 765 | #340 | 0.41 |
| 1991 | 820 | #326 | 0.44 |
| 1990 | 780 | #342 | 0.41 |
| 1989 | 784 | #323 | 0.43 |
| 1988 | 754 | #328 | 0.42 |
| 1987 | 694 | #347 | 0.40 |
| 1986 | 732 | #332 | 0.43 |
| 1985 | 755 | #317 | 0.44 |
| 1984 | 742 | #318 | 0.44 |
| 1983 | 818 | #287 | 0.49 |
| 1982 | 845 | #289 | 0.50 |
| 1981 | 857 | #283 | 0.51 |
| 1980 | 838 | #298 | 0.50 |
| 1979 | 802 | #297 | 0.50 |
| 1978 | 854 | #270 | 0.56 |
| 1977 | 819 | #291 | 0.53 |
| 1976 | 771 | #298 | 0.53 |
| 1975 | 764 | #302 | 0.52 |
| 1974 | 837 | #287 | 0.57 |
| 1973 | 868 | #281 | 0.60 |
| 1972 | 886 | #287 | 0.58 |
| 1971 | 970 | #289 | 0.58 |
| 1970 | 1,026 | #285 | 0.59 |
| 1969 | 1,091 | #267 | 0.65 |
| 1968 | 1,051 | #255 | 0.64 |
| 1967 | 1,214 | #238 | 0.74 |
| 1966 | 1,293 | #233 | 0.76 |
| 1965 | 1,339 | #233 | 0.76 |
| 1964 | 1,429 | #228 | 0.75 |
| 1963 | 1,457 | #227 | 0.76 |
| 1962 | 1,500 | #220 | 0.76 |
| 1961 | 1,533 | #220 | 0.76 |
| 1960 | 1,685 | #204 | 0.83 |
| 1959 | 1,635 | #206 | 0.81 |
| 1958 | 1,764 | #193 | 0.88 |
| 1957 | 1,799 | #196 | 0.88 |
| 1956 | 1,927 | #185 | 1.0 |
| 1955 | 1,784 | #189 | 0.91 |
| 1954 | 1,713 | #187 | 0.88 |
| 1953 | 1,592 | #194 | 0.85 |
| 1952 | 1,704 | #181 | 0.92 |
| 1951 | 1,574 | #183 | 0.87 |
| 1950 | 1,622 | #175 | 0.95 |
| 1949 | 1,667 | #170 | 1.0 |
| 1948 | 1,775 | #162 | 1.0 |
| 1947 | 1,783 | #168 | 1.0 |
| 1946 | 1,652 | #161 | 1.1 |
| 1945 | 1,596 | #146 | 1.2 |
| 1944 | 1,658 | #148 | 1.2 |
| 1943 | 1,803 | #148 | 1.3 |
| 1942 | 1,876 | #140 | 1.4 |
| 1941 | 1,861 | #135 | 1.5 |
| 1940 | 1,890 | #132 | 1.7 |
| 1939 | 1,859 | #129 | 1.7 |
| 1938 | 1,907 | #126 | 1.7 |
| 1937 | 2,059 | #117 | 1.9 |
| 1936 | 2,002 | #116 | 1.9 |
| 1935 | 2,167 | #110 | 2.1 |
| 1934 | 2,389 | #100 | 2.3 |
| 1933 | 2,282 | #101 | 2.3 |
| 1932 | 2,522 | #98 | 2.4 |
| 1931 | 2,591 | #94 | 2.4 |
| 1930 | 3,019 | #86 | 2.7 |
| 1929 | 3,019 | #83 | 2.7 |
| 1928 | 3,212 | #79 | 2.8 |
| 1927 | 3,410 | #79 | 2.9 |
| 1926 | 3,494 | #79 | 2.9 |
| 1925 | 3,855 | #71 | 3.2 |
| 1924 | 4,068 | #66 | 3.3 |
| 1923 | 3,975 | #66 | 3.3 |
| 1922 | 4,192 | #64 | 3.5 |
| 1921 | 4,325 | #63 | 3.5 |
| 1920 | 4,498 | #58 | 3.8 |
| 1919 | 4,484 | #55 | 4.0 |
| 1918 | 4,563 | #55 | 3.9 |
| 1917 | 4,286 | #54 | 4.0 |
| 1916 | 4,337 | #55 | 4.2 |
| 1915 | 4,079 | #55 | 4.1 |
| 1914 | 3,401 | #52 | 4.5 |
| 1913 | 2,891 | #50 | 4.6 |
| 1912 | 2,636 | #49 | 4.7 |
| 1911 | 2,109 | #46 | 5.0 |
| 1910 | 2,123 | #45 | 5.4 |
| 1909 | 1,896 | #47 | 5.5 |
| 1908 | 1,930 | #46 | 5.8 |
| 1907 | 1,884 | #42 | 5.9 |
| 1906 | 1,758 | #42 | 6.0 |
| 1905 | 1,815 | #39 | 6.2 |
| 1904 | 1,858 | #36 | 6.7 |
| 1903 | 1,783 | #36 | 6.8 |
| 1902 | 1,727 | #37 | 6.5 |
| 1901 | 1,617 | #37 | 6.8 |
| 1900 | 2,089 | #33 | 7.0 |
| 1899 | 1,582 | #39 | 6.8 |
| 1898 | 1,823 | #35 | 7.0 |
| 1897 | 1,709 | #35 | 7.3 |
| 1896 | 1,779 | #32 | 7.5 |
| 1895 | 1,767 | #34 | 7.6 |
| 1894 | 1,673 | #35 | 7.5 |
| 1893 | 1,668 | #32 | 7.8 |
| 1892 | 1,611 | #34 | 7.6 |
| 1891 | 1,412 | #33 | 7.6 |
| 1890 | 1,436 | #32 | 7.5 |
| 1889 | 1,372 | #31 | 7.7 |
| 1888 | 1,329 | #34 | 7.4 |
| 1887 | 1,125 | #33 | 7.7 |
| 1886 | 1,155 | #32 | 8.0 |
| 1885 | 971 | #38 | 7.3 |
| 1884 | 929 | #38 | 7.2 |
| 1883 | 879 | #32 | 7.8 |
| 1882 | 765 | #41 | 7.1 |
| 1881 | 661 | #34 | 7.2 |
| 1880 | 614 | #41 | 6.7 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Eva a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Eva has been given almost only to girls: 1,007 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Eva: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Eva, and how old are they?
135,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 47% of the 285,768 Americans ever recorded as Eva. The median Eva alive today is 24 years old; half are between 12 and 63.
The 2020 Census counted 161,325 people named Eva (160,995 women and girls, 330 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 133,337 born in the U.S. The Census count is 21% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 10,400 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 24,500 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 14,300 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 12,100 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 33,700 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 40,000 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Eva born?
The states with the most babies named Eva are Texas, California and New York, with 24% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 22,265 | #158 | 1.3× |
| California | 21,436 | #102 | 1.1× |
| New York | 14,284 | #83 | 0.7× |
| Pennsylvania | 10,905 | #156 | 0.7× |
| North Carolina | 9,353 | #235 | 1.2× |
| Georgia | 9,112 | #117 | 1.2× |
| Illinois | 9,076 | #154 | 0.8× |
| Florida | 8,059 | #86 | 1.1× |
| Ohio | 7,958 | #162 | 0.7× |
| Virginia | 6,919 | #123 | 1.1× |
Where Eva is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Eva is most over-represented in New Mexico: since 1910 it was given 1.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Eva with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 341,933 babies since 1880, Eva is the most given (84% of them). In 2025 it was given to 2,154 of their 3,994 babies (54%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Eva
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Eva and names like it
- Compare Eva and EveBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sEva peaked in 1918.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Eva since 1910.
- Hebrew namesWiktionary’s origin for Eva: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1918The year the most babies were named Eva.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Eva alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with EMost given first.