Girls' name · since 1880
Evelina
6,365 babies named Evelina in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,206 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #779 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,365
- born since 1880
- 2010s
- peak decade
6,365 babies have been named Evelina since 1880, making it today's #779 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Evelina has been recorded 6,365 times among girls since 1880, currently ranked #779 nationally and more common than 95% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #2,206 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #779 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 6,365 born since 1880
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Evelina ranks #2,206 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #779 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 6,365 born since 1880, peaking in the 2010s.
- #2,206 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #779 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,365
- born since 1880
- 2010s
- peak decade
Evelina's 6,365 recorded births place it above 96.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
29 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Evelina compares
6,365 Top 12% higher than 88% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Evelina's all-time total is 17x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Evelina | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,365 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 349 | 21 | 19,840 |
Evelina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Evelina's full recorded timeline at 1953, 75% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 25% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1884, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 349 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Evelina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 349
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Evelina by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (1,577 births, 25% of the file).
2010s was Evelina's strongest decade.
1,577 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Evelina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 80
1880s
80 births
- 1890s 112
1890s
112 births
- 1900s 164
1900s
164 births
- 1910s 266
1910s
266 births
- 1920s 360
1920s
360 births
- 1930s 266
1930s
266 births
- 1940s 262
1940s
262 births
- 1950s 311
1950s
311 births
- 1960s 280
1960s
280 births
- 1970s 151
1970s
151 births
- 1980s 329
1980s
329 births
- 1990s 273
1990s
273 births
- 2000s 564
2000s
564 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,577 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,370 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 1,577 births (25% of all-time use).
How Evelina compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Evelina's total volume
Evelina by state
Where Evelina concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 830 | 13.0% |
| #2 | New York | | 296 | 4.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 284 | 4.5% |
| #4 | Washington | | 230 | 3.6% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 229 | 3.6% |
| #6 | South Carolina | | 208 | 3.3% |
| #7 | Florida | | 168 | 2.6% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 149 | 2.3% |
830 of 6,365 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 29 reporting states.
Evelina appears in 29 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Evelina's data
- Evelina's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (1,577 total births) through the 2020s (1,370) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Evelinas (830 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Evelina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Evelina draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.