Evangelina
Evangelina was given to 195 girls in 2025, #1,187 among girls’ names; 10,319 Americans have been recorded with it since 1908 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 8,360 Americans named Evangelina and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (81% of everyone recorded); the median is 29 years old and half are between 14 and 57.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Evangelina by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Evangelina mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Evangelina is “a female given name originating as a coinage.”
An alteration of Evangeline.
/ɪvænd͡ʒəˈliːnə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Evangelina?
#1,187 among girls’ names, 2025
Evangelina rose from #1,466 in 2015 to #1,187 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.09 to 0.12 per 1,000.
219 babies in 2012, the peak
Evangelina peaked in 2012, when 219 girls were given it, #1,127 among girls’ names. The 195 births of 2025 are 89% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 195 | #1,187 | 0.12 |
| 2024 | 186 | #1,251 | 0.11 |
| 2023 | 149 | #1,472 | 0.09 |
| 2022 | 130 | #1,627 | 0.08 |
| 2021 | 149 | #1,445 | 0.09 |
| 2020 | 139 | #1,527 | 0.09 |
| 2019 | 139 | #1,552 | 0.08 |
| 2018 | 147 | #1,490 | 0.09 |
| 2017 | 174 | #1,335 | 0.10 |
| 2016 | 174 | #1,361 | 0.10 |
Every recorded year (116)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 157 | #1,466 | 0.09 |
| 2014 | 157 | #1,449 | 0.09 |
| 2013 | 176 | #1,331 | 0.10 |
| 2012 | 219 | #1,127 | 0.12 |
| 2011 | 185 | #1,282 | 0.11 |
| 2010 | 191 | #1,255 | 0.11 |
| 2009 | 164 | #1,427 | 0.09 |
| 2008 | 191 | #1,303 | 0.10 |
| 2007 | 182 | #1,335 | 0.09 |
| 2006 | 163 | #1,391 | 0.09 |
| 2005 | 148 | #1,437 | 0.08 |
| 2004 | 113 | #1,717 | 0.06 |
| 2003 | 118 | #1,629 | 0.06 |
| 2002 | 90 | #1,954 | 0.05 |
| 2001 | 97 | #1,818 | 0.05 |
| 2000 | 84 | #1,987 | 0.05 |
| 1999 | 91 | #1,757 | 0.05 |
| 1998 | 67 | #2,148 | 0.04 |
| 1997 | 80 | #1,851 | 0.05 |
| 1996 | 70 | #2,002 | 0.04 |
| 1995 | 72 | #1,920 | 0.04 |
| 1994 | 62 | #2,164 | 0.03 |
| 1993 | 66 | #2,070 | 0.04 |
| 1992 | 77 | #1,843 | 0.04 |
| 1991 | 84 | #1,725 | 0.04 |
| 1990 | 71 | #1,939 | 0.04 |
| 1989 | 74 | #1,808 | 0.04 |
| 1988 | 60 | #1,990 | 0.03 |
| 1987 | 65 | #1,794 | 0.04 |
| 1986 | 70 | #1,673 | 0.04 |
| 1985 | 63 | #1,790 | 0.04 |
| 1984 | 61 | #1,777 | 0.04 |
| 1983 | 82 | #1,430 | 0.05 |
| 1982 | 86 | #1,421 | 0.05 |
| 1981 | 101 | #1,273 | 0.06 |
| 1980 | 85 | #1,438 | 0.05 |
| 1979 | 91 | #1,353 | 0.06 |
| 1978 | 85 | #1,378 | 0.06 |
| 1977 | 79 | #1,420 | 0.05 |
| 1976 | 73 | #1,434 | 0.05 |
| 1975 | 96 | #1,204 | 0.07 |
| 1974 | 104 | #1,118 | 0.07 |
| 1973 | 79 | #1,294 | 0.05 |
| 1972 | 82 | #1,259 | 0.05 |
| 1971 | 94 | #1,205 | 0.06 |
| 1970 | 81 | #1,316 | 0.05 |
| 1969 | 73 | #1,333 | 0.04 |
| 1968 | 96 | #1,083 | 0.06 |
| 1967 | 82 | #1,175 | 0.05 |
| 1966 | 81 | #1,194 | 0.05 |
| 1965 | 87 | #1,137 | 0.05 |
| 1964 | 74 | #1,298 | 0.04 |
| 1963 | 84 | #1,190 | 0.04 |
| 1962 | 89 | #1,161 | 0.05 |
| 1961 | 102 | #1,086 | 0.05 |
| 1960 | 68 | #1,340 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 96 | #1,088 | 0.05 |
| 1958 | 89 | #1,122 | 0.04 |
| 1957 | 91 | #1,096 | 0.04 |
| 1956 | 76 | #1,194 | 0.04 |
| 1955 | 76 | #1,145 | 0.04 |
| 1954 | 89 | #1,040 | 0.05 |
| 1953 | 80 | #1,078 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 93 | #974 | 0.05 |
| 1951 | 105 | #877 | 0.06 |
| 1950 | 109 | #842 | 0.06 |
| 1949 | 117 | #803 | 0.07 |
| 1948 | 81 | #967 | 0.05 |
| 1947 | 102 | #870 | 0.06 |
| 1946 | 82 | #921 | 0.05 |
| 1945 | 87 | #812 | 0.07 |
| 1944 | 92 | #797 | 0.07 |
| 1943 | 84 | #851 | 0.06 |
| 1942 | 90 | #805 | 0.07 |
| 1941 | 74 | #848 | 0.06 |
| 1940 | 86 | #744 | 0.08 |
| 1939 | 68 | #851 | 0.06 |
| 1938 | 64 | #877 | 0.06 |
| 1937 | 60 | #891 | 0.06 |
| 1936 | 71 | #802 | 0.07 |
| 1935 | 69 | #824 | 0.07 |
| 1934 | 68 | #821 | 0.07 |
| 1933 | 73 | #772 | 0.07 |
| 1932 | 72 | #803 | 0.07 |
| 1931 | 58 | #914 | 0.05 |
| 1930 | 83 | #774 | 0.07 |
| 1929 | 96 | #718 | 0.09 |
| 1928 | 64 | #928 | 0.06 |
| 1927 | 64 | #940 | 0.05 |
| 1926 | 63 | #946 | 0.05 |
| 1925 | 36 | #1,328 | 0.03 |
| 1924 | 56 | #1,036 | 0.04 |
| 1923 | 43 | #1,184 | 0.04 |
| 1922 | 37 | #1,294 | 0.03 |
| 1921 | 29 | #1,554 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 29 | #1,524 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 21 | #1,817 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,726 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 20 | #1,797 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,294 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,767 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,319 | 0.01 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,400 | 0.01 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,743 | 0.01 |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,287 | 0.01 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,936 | 0.02 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Evangelina a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Evangelina has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 116 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Evangelina: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Evangelina, and how old are they?
8,360 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 81% of the 10,319 Americans ever recorded as Evangelina. The median Evangelina alive today is 29 years old; half are between 14 and 57.
The 2020 Census counted 16,121 people named Evangelina (16,094 women and girls, 27 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 7,880 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.0 times 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 | 416 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,310 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,270 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,130 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,160 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,060 |
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 Evangelina born?
The states with the most babies named Evangelina are California, Texas and Arizona, with 77% of its births recorded by state in 2025; Arizona is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 43 | #723 | 2.6× |
| Texas | 36 | #824 | 4.5× |
| Arizona | 13 | #530 | 1.8× |
| Florida | 9 | #1,470 | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 7 | #1,157 | 0.3× |
| New York | 7 | #1,705 | 0.2× |
| Wisconsin | 5 | #831 | 0.1× |
Where Evangelina is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Evangelina is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 4.5 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 Evangelina 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 5 names spelled alike, given to 47,601 babies since 1880, Evangelina is the second most given (22% of them). In 2025 it was given to 195 of their 2,219 babies (8.8%), again the second most given.
| Name | Since 1880 | Births 2025 | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evangeline | 36,771 | 1,998 | 2025 |
| Evangelina | 10,319 | 195 | 2012 |
| Evangelene | 196 | under 5 | 2013 |
| Evangaline | 175 | 12 | 2010 |
| Evangelyne | 140 | 14 | 2018 |
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 Evangelina
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 Evangelina and names like it
- Compare Evangelina and EvangelineBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sEvangelina peaked in 2012.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Evangelina since 1910.
- Coined namesWiktionary’s origin for Evangelina: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2012The year the most babies were named Evangelina.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Evangelina alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with EMost given first.