Evah — #7583 US girls' name
766 babies named Evah in U.S. Social Security records since 1887, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 57% of names given to girls today.
34% of everyone ever named Evah was born in this single decade.
37 babies were named Evah in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Evah
The Social Security Administration has registered 766 babies named Evah between 1887 and 2024, spanning 138 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Evah currently holds the #7583 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 37 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Evah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 260 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Evah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 25 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Evah in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Evah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 766 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Evah at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Evah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1887
- Peak year (2011)
- 37
- Annual births at peak — across 138 years of records
Currently ranks #7583 among girls.
766 total births across 138 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 37 births in a single year.
Evah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 260 births that decade — 34% of Evah's all-time total
Evah decade highlights
- Peak decade 260 births
- Runner-up 105 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Evah's strongest decade
260 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Evah by state
Where Evah concentrates geographically — total births since 1887
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 25 | 3.3% |
| #2 | Florida | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 5 | 0.7% |
25 of 766 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 3.3% of nationwide
- Florida 0.7% of nationwide
- Texas 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1887–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.