Evella — girls' name

What the Data Says About Evella

The Social Security Administration has registered 164 babies named Evella between 1915 and 2023, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Evella currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Evella performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 41 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Evella shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Evella in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Evella 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 164 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.