Eve
Eve was given to 577 girls in 2025, #519 among girls’ names; 29,510 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 24,600 Americans named Eve and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (83% of everyone recorded); the median is 22 years old and half are between 10 and 50.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Eve by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Eve mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Eve is “a female given name from Hebrew.”
From Middle English Eve, Eue, from Old English Ēua, Ēfe, from Latin Eva, from Ancient Greek Εὔα (Eúa), from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā).
/iːv/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Eve?
#519 among girls’ names, 2025
Eve fell from #473 in 2015 to #519 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.38 to 0.36 per 1,000.
732 babies in 2017, the peak
Eve peaked in 2017, when 732 girls were given it, #436 among girls’ names. The 577 births of 2025 are 79% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 577 | #519 | 0.36 |
| 2024 | 532 | #567 | 0.33 |
| 2023 | 497 | #599 | 0.31 |
| 2022 | 549 | #555 | 0.33 |
| 2021 | 648 | #485 | 0.39 |
| 2020 | 652 | #470 | 0.40 |
| 2019 | 650 | #486 | 0.39 |
| 2018 | 723 | #441 | 0.43 |
| 2017 | 732 | #436 | 0.42 |
| 2016 | 703 | #458 | 0.40 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 680 | #473 | 0.38 |
| 2014 | 695 | #461 | 0.39 |
| 2013 | 615 | #489 | 0.35 |
| 2012 | 530 | #556 | 0.30 |
| 2011 | 532 | #548 | 0.30 |
| 2010 | 495 | #595 | 0.28 |
| 2009 | 521 | #584 | 0.28 |
| 2008 | 470 | #654 | 0.25 |
| 2007 | 484 | #617 | 0.25 |
| 2006 | 491 | #593 | 0.26 |
| 2005 | 417 | #665 | 0.23 |
| 2004 | 450 | #611 | 0.25 |
| 2003 | 499 | #553 | 0.27 |
| 2002 | 478 | #558 | 0.27 |
| 2001 | 500 | #534 | 0.28 |
| 2000 | 482 | #539 | 0.27 |
| 1999 | 322 | #703 | 0.18 |
| 1998 | 223 | #932 | 0.13 |
| 1997 | 162 | #1,148 | 0.09 |
| 1996 | 160 | #1,133 | 0.09 |
| 1995 | 137 | #1,245 | 0.08 |
| 1994 | 141 | #1,229 | 0.08 |
| 1993 | 139 | #1,243 | 0.08 |
| 1992 | 135 | #1,264 | 0.07 |
| 1991 | 136 | #1,240 | 0.07 |
| 1990 | 118 | #1,344 | 0.06 |
| 1989 | 152 | #1,098 | 0.08 |
| 1988 | 126 | #1,197 | 0.07 |
| 1987 | 113 | #1,250 | 0.06 |
| 1986 | 141 | #1,069 | 0.08 |
| 1985 | 149 | #1,015 | 0.09 |
| 1984 | 147 | #981 | 0.09 |
| 1983 | 168 | #899 | 0.10 |
| 1982 | 189 | #830 | 0.11 |
| 1981 | 218 | #757 | 0.13 |
| 1980 | 216 | #765 | 0.13 |
| 1979 | 212 | #760 | 0.13 |
| 1978 | 208 | #747 | 0.14 |
| 1977 | 219 | #707 | 0.14 |
| 1976 | 211 | #701 | 0.14 |
| 1975 | 232 | #655 | 0.16 |
| 1974 | 233 | #655 | 0.16 |
| 1973 | 173 | #776 | 0.12 |
| 1972 | 205 | #707 | 0.13 |
| 1971 | 240 | #659 | 0.14 |
| 1970 | 241 | #664 | 0.14 |
| 1969 | 219 | #671 | 0.13 |
| 1968 | 214 | #661 | 0.13 |
| 1967 | 210 | #663 | 0.13 |
| 1966 | 232 | #628 | 0.14 |
| 1965 | 255 | #606 | 0.14 |
| 1964 | 269 | #609 | 0.14 |
| 1963 | 291 | #578 | 0.15 |
| 1962 | 313 | #555 | 0.16 |
| 1961 | 304 | #576 | 0.15 |
| 1960 | 302 | #565 | 0.15 |
| 1959 | 288 | #582 | 0.14 |
| 1958 | 273 | #600 | 0.14 |
| 1957 | 289 | #566 | 0.14 |
| 1956 | 306 | #531 | 0.15 |
| 1955 | 258 | #568 | 0.13 |
| 1954 | 233 | #591 | 0.12 |
| 1953 | 208 | #612 | 0.11 |
| 1952 | 189 | #647 | 0.10 |
| 1951 | 183 | #644 | 0.10 |
| 1950 | 108 | #851 | 0.06 |
| 1949 | 98 | #891 | 0.06 |
| 1948 | 111 | #831 | 0.07 |
| 1947 | 118 | #805 | 0.07 |
| 1946 | 135 | #690 | 0.09 |
| 1945 | 122 | #670 | 0.09 |
| 1944 | 112 | #712 | 0.08 |
| 1943 | 108 | #748 | 0.08 |
| 1942 | 83 | #837 | 0.06 |
| 1941 | 102 | #696 | 0.08 |
| 1940 | 72 | #842 | 0.06 |
| 1939 | 66 | #863 | 0.06 |
| 1938 | 60 | #917 | 0.05 |
| 1937 | 49 | #1,008 | 0.05 |
| 1936 | 58 | #896 | 0.06 |
| 1935 | 53 | #955 | 0.05 |
| 1934 | 77 | #765 | 0.07 |
| 1933 | 65 | #829 | 0.06 |
| 1932 | 63 | #884 | 0.06 |
| 1931 | 55 | #935 | 0.05 |
| 1930 | 78 | #803 | 0.07 |
| 1929 | 77 | #806 | 0.07 |
| 1928 | 80 | #802 | 0.07 |
| 1927 | 82 | #804 | 0.07 |
| 1926 | 77 | #837 | 0.06 |
| 1925 | 81 | #829 | 0.07 |
| 1924 | 113 | #699 | 0.09 |
| 1923 | 76 | #839 | 0.06 |
| 1922 | 81 | #810 | 0.07 |
| 1921 | 106 | #711 | 0.09 |
| 1920 | 101 | #720 | 0.08 |
| 1919 | 104 | #687 | 0.09 |
| 1918 | 127 | #627 | 0.11 |
| 1917 | 138 | #573 | 0.13 |
| 1916 | 144 | #561 | 0.14 |
| 1915 | 143 | #528 | 0.15 |
| 1914 | 130 | #486 | 0.17 |
| 1913 | 123 | #447 | 0.20 |
| 1912 | 104 | #466 | 0.19 |
| 1911 | 71 | #489 | 0.17 |
| 1910 | 76 | #459 | 0.19 |
| 1909 | 67 | #459 | 0.19 |
| 1908 | 67 | #441 | 0.20 |
| 1907 | 73 | #414 | 0.23 |
| 1906 | 48 | #501 | 0.16 |
| 1905 | 44 | #514 | 0.15 |
| 1904 | 41 | #515 | 0.15 |
| 1903 | 33 | #566 | 0.13 |
| 1902 | 33 | #576 | 0.12 |
| 1901 | 26 | #619 | 0.11 |
| 1900 | 35 | #593 | 0.12 |
| 1899 | 32 | #527 | 0.14 |
| 1898 | 29 | #599 | 0.11 |
| 1897 | 19 | #724 | 0.08 |
| 1896 | 27 | #597 | 0.11 |
| 1895 | 26 | #600 | 0.11 |
| 1894 | 20 | #671 | 0.09 |
| 1893 | 23 | #604 | 0.11 |
| 1892 | 18 | #693 | 0.08 |
| 1891 | 13 | #764 | 0.07 |
| 1890 | 11 | #841 | 0.06 |
| 1889 | 14 | #696 | 0.08 |
| 1888 | 13 | #737 | 0.07 |
| 1887 | 10 | #749 | 0.07 |
| 1886 | 7 | #928 | 0.05 |
| 1885 | 10 | #707 | 0.08 |
| 1884 | 11 | #654 | 0.09 |
| 1883 | 6 | #853 | 0.05 |
| 1882 | 6 | #845 | 0.06 |
| 1881 | 10 | #552 | 0.11 |
| 1880 | 7 | #696 | 0.08 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Eve a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Eve has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 146 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Eve: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Eve, and how old are they?
24,600 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 83% of the 29,510 Americans ever recorded as Eve. The median Eve alive today is 22 years old; half are between 10 and 50.
The 2020 Census counted 24,079 people named Eve (23,951 women and girls, 128 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 22,011 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 | 449 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 3,410 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 3,260 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,300 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 6,980 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 8,200 |
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 Eve born?
The states with the most babies named Eve are California, New York and Texas, with 32% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 83 | #399 | 1.0× |
| New York | 53 | #319 | 1.8× |
| Texas | 36 | #825 | 0.6× |
| Florida | 36 | #506 | 0.7× |
| Illinois | 26 | #409 | 1.0× |
| Utah | 23 | #201 | 1.4× |
| Pennsylvania | 21 | #494 | 1.1× |
| Ohio | 19 | #543 | 0.8× |
| Massachusetts | 18 | #316 | 1.2× |
| New Jersey | 18 | #433 | 0.9× |
Where Eve is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Eve is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 1.8 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 Eve 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 8 names spelled alike, given to 341,933 babies since 1880, Eve is the second most given (8.6% of them). In 2025 it was given to 577 of their 3,994 babies (14%), the third most given that year.
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 Eve
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 Eve and names like it
- Compare Eve and EvaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sEve peaked in 2017.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Eve since 1910.
- Hebrew namesWiktionary’s origin for Eve: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2017The year the most babies were named Eve.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Eve alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with EMost given first.