Evangline — girls' name
37 babies named Evangline in U.S. Social Security records since 1928, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
35% of everyone ever named Evangline was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Evangline in 1961 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Evangline
The Social Security Administration has registered 37 babies named Evangline between 1928 and 1967, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Evangline currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1967. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Evangline performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Evangline shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Evangline 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 37 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.
Evangline at a glance
Last recorded 1967Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Evangline popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–1928
- Peak year (1961)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1967.
37 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1961 with 8 births in a single year.
Evangline by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 13 births that decade — 35% of Evangline's all-time total
Evangline decade highlights
- Peak decade 13 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Evangline's strongest decade
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
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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, 1928–1967 (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.