Total births
32
Girls' name · since 2007
Evilyn
Evilyn has 32 recorded births since 2007 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 32
- total births
- 2007–2018
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 59%
- born in that decade
Evilyn is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 32 have been recorded since 2007.
Evilyn has 32 recorded births among girls since 2007, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2018.
- 32 total births
- 2007–2018 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 59% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
32 girls have been named Evilyn since 2007, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2018.
- 32
- total births
- 2007–2018
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 59%
- born in that decade
2010s
Peak decade
59% of everyone ever named Evilyn was born in this single decade.
2007
Single peak year
7 babies were named Evilyn in 2007 - its busiest year on record.
Evilyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Evilyn's full recorded timeline at 2011, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2018, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Evilyn at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
2007
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
2007
Evilyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2018
- Peak year (2007)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Evilyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Evilyn's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Evilyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
13 births
- 2010s
2010s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 19 births (59% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Evilyn? ▼
Since 2007, Social Security records show 32 babies named Evilyn. The most recent recorded year was 2018. Its busiest year on record was 2007, with 7 births.
When was Evilyn most popular? ▼
Evilyn was most popular in the 2010s decade with 19 total births. The single peak year was 2007.
How long has the name Evilyn been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Evilyn since 2007 -- 12 years through the most recent 2018 data.
What names are similar to Evilyn? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Evie, Evita, Evia, Eviana, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
Keep exploring Evilyn
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 2007–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Evilyn: Baby Name Since 2007 - 32 Births, Peak 2007." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/evilyn. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Evilyn 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 July 2026.