Girls' name · since 1966
Evagelia
Evagelia has 106 recorded births since 1966 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1979 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,472 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 106
- born since 1966
- 1970s
- peak decade
Evagelia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 106 recorded since 1966.
Evagelia has 106 recorded births among girls since 1966, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 1996.
- #26,472 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 106 born since 1966
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Evagelia ranks #26,472 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 106 born since 1966, peaking in the 1970s.
- #26,472 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 106
- born since 1966
- 1970s
- peak decade
Evagelia's 106 recorded births place it above 63.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Evagelia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Evagelia splits its recorded history at 1979: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1973 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1979 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Evagelia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–1996
- Peak year (1979)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Evagelia by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (52 births, 49% of the file).
1970s was Evagelia's strongest decade.
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Evagelia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
52 births
- 1980s
1980s
33 births
- 1990s 15
1990s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 52 births (49% of all-time use).
Evagelia by state
Where Evagelia concentrates geographically, total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 11 | 10.4% |
11 of 106 births nationwide.
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What to do with Evagelia's data
- Evagelia's decade-level peak was the 1970s (52 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Evagelias (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Evagelia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~30 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1966–1996 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Evagelia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.