Evalyn
Evalyn was given to 151 girls in 2025, #1,430 among girls’ names; 9,567 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 5,700 Americans named Evalyn and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (60% of everyone recorded); the median is 12 years old and half are between 8 and 19.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Evalyn by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Evalyn mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Evalyn is “a female given name originating as a coinage.”
From Eva + Lyn, or a variant of Evelyn.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Evalyn?
#1,430 among girls’ names, 2025
Evalyn fell from #869 in 2015 to #1,430 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.18 to 0.09 per 1,000.
331 babies in 2014, the peak
Evalyn peaked in 2014, when 331 girls were given it, #836 among girls’ names. The 151 births of 2025 are 46% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 151 | #1,430 | 0.09 |
| 2024 | 168 | #1,359 | 0.10 |
| 2023 | 202 | #1,190 | 0.13 |
| 2022 | 200 | #1,211 | 0.12 |
| 2021 | 201 | #1,200 | 0.12 |
| 2020 | 230 | #1,075 | 0.14 |
| 2019 | 247 | #1,037 | 0.15 |
| 2018 | 263 | #996 | 0.15 |
| 2017 | 278 | #951 | 0.16 |
| 2016 | 320 | #877 | 0.18 |
Every recorded year (139)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 321 | #869 | 0.18 |
| 2014 | 331 | #836 | 0.19 |
| 2013 | 270 | #936 | 0.15 |
| 2012 | 281 | #918 | 0.16 |
| 2011 | 247 | #1,013 | 0.14 |
| 2010 | 241 | #1,038 | 0.14 |
| 2009 | 209 | #1,200 | 0.11 |
| 2008 | 134 | #1,666 | 0.07 |
| 2007 | 132 | #1,673 | 0.07 |
| 2006 | 108 | #1,885 | 0.06 |
| 2005 | 92 | #2,032 | 0.05 |
| 2004 | 68 | #2,484 | 0.04 |
| 2003 | 61 | #2,613 | 0.03 |
| 2002 | 59 | #2,610 | 0.03 |
| 2001 | 33 | #3,886 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,585 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 23 | #4,766 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,200 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,592 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,867 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,867 | under 0.01 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,797 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,662 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,681 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,485 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,837 | under 0.01 |
| 1989 | 6 | #11,262 | under 0.01 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,868 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 5 | #11,492 | under 0.01 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,788 | under 0.01 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,503 | under 0.01 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,449 | under 0.01 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,960 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,515 | under 0.01 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,772 | under 0.01 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,731 | under 0.01 |
| 1975 | 6 | #8,303 | under 0.01 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,562 | under 0.01 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,810 | under 0.01 |
| 1970 | 5 | #8,367 | under 0.01 |
| 1969 | 14 | #3,836 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,473 | under 0.01 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,257 | under 0.01 |
| 1966 | 15 | #3,299 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,597 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 13 | #3,752 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 14 | #3,507 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,349 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 14 | #3,503 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 23 | #2,531 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 16 | #3,020 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 17 | #2,893 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 23 | #2,367 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 39 | #1,701 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 29 | #1,990 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 24 | #2,198 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,853 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 33 | #1,717 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 44 | #1,418 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 19 | #2,278 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 28 | #1,819 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 29 | #1,752 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 33 | #1,671 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 41 | #1,362 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 29 | #1,526 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 31 | #1,465 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 46 | #1,198 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 45 | #1,186 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 56 | #975 | 0.05 |
| 1940 | 52 | #993 | 0.05 |
| 1939 | 49 | #1,014 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 49 | #1,021 | 0.04 |
| 1937 | 53 | #952 | 0.05 |
| 1936 | 52 | #957 | 0.05 |
| 1935 | 47 | #1,007 | 0.04 |
| 1934 | 41 | #1,107 | 0.04 |
| 1933 | 49 | #987 | 0.05 |
| 1932 | 63 | #883 | 0.06 |
| 1931 | 61 | #879 | 0.06 |
| 1930 | 68 | #869 | 0.06 |
| 1929 | 62 | #911 | 0.06 |
| 1928 | 70 | #871 | 0.06 |
| 1927 | 82 | #803 | 0.07 |
| 1926 | 110 | #693 | 0.09 |
| 1925 | 95 | #762 | 0.08 |
| 1924 | 114 | #697 | 0.09 |
| 1923 | 143 | #612 | 0.12 |
| 1922 | 158 | #574 | 0.13 |
| 1921 | 158 | #572 | 0.13 |
| 1920 | 178 | #531 | 0.15 |
| 1919 | 179 | #505 | 0.16 |
| 1918 | 222 | #446 | 0.19 |
| 1917 | 196 | #463 | 0.18 |
| 1916 | 196 | #456 | 0.19 |
| 1915 | 172 | #469 | 0.17 |
| 1914 | 126 | #498 | 0.17 |
| 1913 | 81 | #569 | 0.13 |
| 1912 | 68 | #592 | 0.12 |
| 1911 | 54 | #584 | 0.13 |
| 1910 | 38 | #694 | 0.10 |
| 1909 | 37 | #650 | 0.11 |
| 1908 | 37 | #630 | 0.11 |
| 1907 | 32 | #668 | 0.10 |
| 1906 | 32 | #636 | 0.11 |
| 1905 | 38 | #565 | 0.13 |
| 1904 | 23 | #738 | 0.08 |
| 1903 | 35 | #551 | 0.13 |
| 1902 | 20 | #780 | 0.08 |
| 1901 | 23 | #670 | 0.10 |
| 1900 | 39 | #543 | 0.13 |
| 1899 | 22 | #669 | 0.09 |
| 1898 | 35 | #531 | 0.14 |
| 1897 | 26 | #599 | 0.11 |
| 1896 | 28 | #582 | 0.12 |
| 1895 | 25 | #614 | 0.11 |
| 1894 | 21 | #648 | 0.09 |
| 1893 | 23 | #603 | 0.11 |
| 1892 | 19 | #672 | 0.09 |
| 1891 | 23 | #547 | 0.12 |
| 1890 | 13 | #769 | 0.07 |
| 1889 | 10 | #864 | 0.06 |
| 1888 | 19 | #581 | 0.11 |
| 1887 | 15 | #598 | 0.10 |
| 1886 | 12 | #670 | 0.08 |
| 1885 | 16 | #548 | 0.12 |
| 1884 | 13 | #599 | 0.10 |
| 1883 | 9 | #666 | 0.08 |
| 1882 | 13 | #518 | 0.12 |
| 1880 | 8 | #645 | 0.09 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Evalyn a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Evalyn has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 139 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Evalyn: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Evalyn, and how old are they?
5,700 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 60% of the 9,567 Americans ever recorded as Evalyn. The median Evalyn alive today is 12 years old; half are between 8 and 19.
The 2020 Census counted 4,812 people named Evalyn (4,802 women and girls, 10 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 4,895 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 247 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 349 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 94 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 119 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,720 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,160 |
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 Evalyn born?
The states with the most babies named Evalyn are Texas, California and Wisconsin, with 75% of its births recorded by state in 2025; Wisconsin is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 30 | #963 | 1.0× |
| California | 15 | #1,520 | 0.9× |
| Wisconsin | 6 | #728 | 1.1× |
| Florida | 6 | #1,973 | 0.4× |
| Missouri | 6 | #848 | 0.7× |
| Oklahoma | 5 | #746 | 0.8× |
Where Evalyn is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Evalyn is most over-represented in Iowa: since 1910 it was given 1.2 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 Evalyn 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 679,745 babies since 1880, Evalyn is the third most given (1.4% of them). In 2025 it was given to 151 of their 10,544 babies (1.4%), again the third 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 Evalyn
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 Evalyn and names like it
- Compare Evalyn and EvelynBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sEvalyn peaked in 2014.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Evalyn since 1910.
- Coined namesWiktionary’s origin for Evalyn: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2014The year the most babies were named Evalyn.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Evalyn alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with EMost given first.