Evanjelina — girls' name
56 babies named Evanjelina in U.S. Social Security records since 1932, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Evanjelina was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Evanjelina in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Evanjelina
The Social Security Administration has registered 56 babies named Evanjelina between 1932 and 1992, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Evanjelina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Evanjelina performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Evanjelina shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Evanjelina in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Evanjelina 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 56 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.
Evanjelina at a glance
Last recorded 1992Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Evanjelina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1932
- Peak year (1979)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 61 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1992.
56 total births across 61 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 9 births in a single year.
Evanjelina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 23 births that decade — 41% of Evanjelina's all-time total
Evanjelina decade highlights
- Peak decade 23 births
- Runner-up 9 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Evanjelina's strongest decade
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Evanjelina by state
Where Evanjelina concentrates geographically — total births since 1932
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 10.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 8.9% |
6 of 56 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 10.7% of nationwide
- Texas 8.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1932–1992 (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.