Evangeline
Evangeline was given to 1,998 girls in 2025, #147 among girls’ names; 36,771 Americans have been recorded with it since 1881 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 29,000 Americans named Evangeline and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (79% of everyone recorded); the median is 11 years old and half are between 5 and 19.
Evangeline came back: it left the girls’ top 1,000 after 1966 and returned in 2006.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Evangeline by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Evangeline mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Evangeline is “a female given name originating as a coinage.”
Invented by the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow when he began research on his epic poem Evangeline about Acadian lovers deported from French-Canada. From Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “good news”).
/ɪˌvænd͡ʒəˈliːn/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Evangeline?
#147 among girls’ names, 2025
Evangeline rose from #260 in 2015 to #147 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.68 to 1.2 per 1,000.
1,998 babies in 2025, the peak
Evangeline peaked in 2025, when 1,998 girls were given it, #147 among girls’ names. In 2024 it went to 1,752 girls.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,998 | #147 | 1.2 |
| 2024 | 1,752 | #173 | 1.1 |
| 2023 | 1,417 | #212 | 0.88 |
| 2022 | 1,190 | #266 | 0.73 |
| 2021 | 1,281 | #236 | 0.78 |
| 2020 | 1,174 | #258 | 0.73 |
| 2019 | 1,226 | #270 | 0.73 |
| 2018 | 1,195 | #276 | 0.70 |
| 2017 | 1,199 | #267 | 0.69 |
| 2016 | 1,339 | #241 | 0.76 |
Every recorded year (145)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,221 | #260 | 0.68 |
| 2014 | 1,189 | #276 | 0.67 |
| 2013 | 1,067 | #300 | 0.61 |
| 2012 | 1,097 | #288 | 0.62 |
| 2011 | 1,111 | #285 | 0.63 |
| 2010 | 966 | #333 | 0.54 |
| 2009 | 742 | #430 | 0.40 |
| 2008 | 699 | #451 | 0.37 |
| 2007 | 702 | #459 | 0.37 |
| 2006 | 486 | #598 | 0.26 |
| 2005 | 189 | #1,210 | 0.10 |
| 2004 | 107 | #1,783 | 0.06 |
| 2003 | 104 | #1,802 | 0.06 |
| 2002 | 91 | #1,940 | 0.05 |
| 2001 | 108 | #1,673 | 0.06 |
| 2000 | 95 | #1,817 | 0.05 |
| 1999 | 84 | #1,875 | 0.05 |
| 1998 | 85 | #1,817 | 0.05 |
| 1997 | 78 | #1,886 | 0.04 |
| 1996 | 84 | #1,767 | 0.05 |
| 1995 | 86 | #1,703 | 0.05 |
| 1994 | 65 | #2,103 | 0.04 |
| 1993 | 59 | #2,220 | 0.03 |
| 1992 | 54 | #2,402 | 0.03 |
| 1991 | 67 | #2,032 | 0.04 |
| 1990 | 54 | #2,322 | 0.03 |
| 1989 | 52 | #2,278 | 0.03 |
| 1988 | 60 | #1,991 | 0.03 |
| 1987 | 48 | #2,242 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 49 | #2,153 | 0.03 |
| 1985 | 52 | #2,055 | 0.03 |
| 1984 | 52 | #1,970 | 0.03 |
| 1983 | 61 | #1,754 | 0.04 |
| 1982 | 67 | #1,686 | 0.04 |
| 1981 | 63 | #1,771 | 0.04 |
| 1980 | 58 | #1,869 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 69 | #1,630 | 0.04 |
| 1978 | 60 | #1,732 | 0.04 |
| 1977 | 70 | #1,542 | 0.05 |
| 1976 | 76 | #1,401 | 0.05 |
| 1975 | 77 | #1,376 | 0.05 |
| 1974 | 73 | #1,403 | 0.05 |
| 1973 | 78 | #1,306 | 0.05 |
| 1972 | 104 | #1,091 | 0.07 |
| 1971 | 99 | #1,167 | 0.06 |
| 1970 | 115 | #1,062 | 0.07 |
| 1969 | 80 | #1,251 | 0.05 |
| 1968 | 104 | #1,017 | 0.06 |
| 1967 | 96 | #1,060 | 0.06 |
| 1966 | 116 | #947 | 0.07 |
| 1965 | 113 | #967 | 0.06 |
| 1964 | 131 | #915 | 0.07 |
| 1963 | 144 | #875 | 0.07 |
| 1962 | 134 | #914 | 0.07 |
| 1961 | 143 | #904 | 0.07 |
| 1960 | 121 | #972 | 0.06 |
| 1959 | 125 | #937 | 0.06 |
| 1958 | 141 | #858 | 0.07 |
| 1957 | 146 | #841 | 0.07 |
| 1956 | 142 | #831 | 0.07 |
| 1955 | 146 | #798 | 0.07 |
| 1954 | 150 | #759 | 0.08 |
| 1953 | 122 | #837 | 0.06 |
| 1952 | 165 | #696 | 0.09 |
| 1951 | 137 | #750 | 0.08 |
| 1950 | 137 | #733 | 0.08 |
| 1949 | 142 | #711 | 0.08 |
| 1948 | 126 | #761 | 0.07 |
| 1947 | 136 | #733 | 0.08 |
| 1946 | 154 | #636 | 0.10 |
| 1945 | 109 | #714 | 0.08 |
| 1944 | 132 | #640 | 0.10 |
| 1943 | 134 | #654 | 0.10 |
| 1942 | 151 | #607 | 0.11 |
| 1941 | 148 | #574 | 0.12 |
| 1940 | 172 | #523 | 0.15 |
| 1939 | 144 | #560 | 0.13 |
| 1938 | 164 | #527 | 0.15 |
| 1937 | 183 | #483 | 0.17 |
| 1936 | 161 | #516 | 0.15 |
| 1935 | 199 | #453 | 0.19 |
| 1934 | 187 | #474 | 0.18 |
| 1933 | 207 | #455 | 0.21 |
| 1932 | 217 | #448 | 0.20 |
| 1931 | 232 | #427 | 0.22 |
| 1930 | 279 | #402 | 0.25 |
| 1929 | 241 | #427 | 0.22 |
| 1928 | 227 | #455 | 0.20 |
| 1927 | 273 | #416 | 0.23 |
| 1926 | 221 | #465 | 0.19 |
| 1925 | 198 | #499 | 0.16 |
| 1924 | 258 | #435 | 0.21 |
| 1923 | 239 | #437 | 0.20 |
| 1922 | 262 | #406 | 0.22 |
| 1921 | 258 | #420 | 0.21 |
| 1920 | 267 | #407 | 0.22 |
| 1919 | 231 | #434 | 0.20 |
| 1918 | 222 | #447 | 0.19 |
| 1917 | 208 | #445 | 0.19 |
| 1916 | 176 | #482 | 0.17 |
| 1915 | 188 | #447 | 0.19 |
| 1914 | 135 | #471 | 0.18 |
| 1913 | 139 | #418 | 0.22 |
| 1912 | 107 | #458 | 0.19 |
| 1911 | 70 | #493 | 0.17 |
| 1910 | 76 | #458 | 0.19 |
| 1909 | 72 | #436 | 0.21 |
| 1908 | 56 | #482 | 0.17 |
| 1907 | 62 | #457 | 0.19 |
| 1906 | 48 | #500 | 0.16 |
| 1905 | 45 | #507 | 0.15 |
| 1904 | 48 | #475 | 0.17 |
| 1903 | 41 | #497 | 0.16 |
| 1902 | 58 | #404 | 0.22 |
| 1901 | 55 | #398 | 0.23 |
| 1900 | 68 | #402 | 0.23 |
| 1899 | 43 | #445 | 0.18 |
| 1898 | 46 | #451 | 0.18 |
| 1897 | 53 | #399 | 0.23 |
| 1896 | 30 | #558 | 0.13 |
| 1895 | 24 | #630 | 0.10 |
| 1894 | 29 | #537 | 0.13 |
| 1893 | 24 | #582 | 0.11 |
| 1892 | 22 | #601 | 0.10 |
| 1891 | 13 | #763 | 0.07 |
| 1890 | 16 | #675 | 0.08 |
| 1889 | 28 | #469 | 0.16 |
| 1888 | 14 | #697 | 0.08 |
| 1887 | 13 | #645 | 0.09 |
| 1886 | 10 | #746 | 0.07 |
| 1885 | 9 | #761 | 0.07 |
| 1884 | 12 | #621 | 0.09 |
| 1883 | 7 | #778 | 0.06 |
| 1882 | 9 | #644 | 0.08 |
| 1881 | 6 | #772 | 0.07 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Evangeline a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Evangeline has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 145 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Evangeline: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Evangeline, and how old are they?
29,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 79% of the 36,771 Americans ever recorded as Evangeline. The median Evangeline alive today is 11 years old; half are between 5 and 19.
The 2020 Census counted 23,505 people named Evangeline (23,472 women and girls, 33 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 21,479 born in the U.S. The Census count is 9% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 847 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,040 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,280 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 947 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 6,690 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 17,100 |
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 Evangeline born?
The states with the most babies named Evangeline are Texas, California and Florida, with 33% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 274 | #105 | 1.0× |
| California | 263 | #113 | 1.1× |
| Florida | 118 | #150 | 0.8× |
| New York | 97 | #168 | 0.8× |
| Pennsylvania | 67 | #167 | 0.7× |
| North Carolina | 55 | #198 | 1.0× |
| Colorado | 55 | #92 | 1.0× |
| Tennessee | 54 | #136 | 0.5× |
| New Jersey | 50 | #162 | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 49 | #205 | 0.6× |
Where Evangeline is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Evangeline is most over-represented in New Mexico: since 1910 it was given 3.3 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 Evangeline 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, Evangeline is the most given (77% of them). In 2025 it was given to 1,998 of their 2,219 babies (90%), again the 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 Evangeline
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 Evangeline and names like it
- Compare Evangeline and EvangelinaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sEvangeline peaked in 2025.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Evangeline since 1910.
- Coined namesWiktionary’s origin for Evangeline: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Evangeline.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Evangeline alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with EMost given first.