Girls' name · since 1949
Evangelia
Since 1949, U.S. Social Security records show 1,174 babies named Evangelia, peaking in 2007. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #6,717 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,894 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,174
- born since 1949
- 2000s
- peak decade
Evangelia currently ranks #4894 among girls' names in America, with 1,174 babies recorded since 1949.
Evangelia has 1,174 recorded births among girls since 1949, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4894 as of the latest data, more common than 72% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1949 to 2025.
- #6,717 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,894 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,174 born since 1949
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Evangelia ranks #6,717 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,894 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,174 born since 1949, peaking in the 2000s.
- #6,717 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,894 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,174
- born since 1949
- 2000s
- peak decade
Evangelia's 1,174 recorded births place it above 90.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Evangelia compares
1,174 Top 30% higher than 70% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Evangelia's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Evangelia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,174 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 50 | 21 | 19,840 |
Evangelia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Evangelia splits its recorded history at 1993: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1949 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 50 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Evangelia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 50
- Annual births at peak, across 77 years of records
Evangelia by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (266 births, 23% of the file).
2000s was Evangelia's strongest decade.
266 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Evangelia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 14
1950s
14 births
- 1960s 66
1960s
66 births
- 1970s
1970s
155 births
- 1980s
1980s
163 births
- 1990s
1990s
157 births
- 2000s
2000s
266 births
- 2010s
2010s
222 births
- 2020s
2020s
126 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 266 births (23% of all-time use).
How Evangelia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Evangelia's total volume
Evangelia by state
Where Evangelia concentrates geographically, total births since 1949
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 198 | 16.9% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 7 | 0.6% |
| #3 | California | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #4 | Florida | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.4% |
198 of 1,174 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Evangelia's data
- Evangelia's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (266 total births) through the 2020s (126) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Evangelias (198 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Evangelia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~76 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, 1949–2025 (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 Evangelia 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.