Evelen — girls' name
60 babies named Evelen in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
55% of everyone ever named Evelen was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Evelen in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Evelen
The Social Security Administration has registered 60 babies named Evelen between 1915 and 2015, spanning 101 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Evelen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Evelen performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 33 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Evelen shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Evelen in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Evelen 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 60 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.
Evelen at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Evelen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1915
- Peak year (2008)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 101 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
60 total births across 101 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 12 births in a single year.
Evelen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 33 births that decade — 55% of Evelen's all-time total
Evelen decade highlights
- Peak decade 33 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Evelen's strongest decade
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Evelen by state
Where Evelen concentrates geographically — total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 8.3% |
5 of 60 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 8.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.3% 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, 1915–2015 (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.