Evelyn — #8 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Evelyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 630,574 babies named Evelyn between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Evelyn currently holds the #8 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 14,278 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Evelyn performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 124,166 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Evelyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 51,250 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Evelyn in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Evelyn 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 630,574 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.