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Eva

Girls' name · Early 20th-century perennial

Living in the US
~139,700 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#134 among girls
Births in 2025
2,154 285,768 since 1880
Typical age
24 years, median

Eva popularity over time

Eva rank by birth year, 1880–2025Eva ranked #41 in 1880 and #134 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #31, in 1889.#100#134best #31 in 188918901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Eva was used most in 1918, when 4,575 babies were given the name. It is present from 1880, the first year of the record. Eva has spent 67 years inside the national top 100.

As of 2025 the name sits at #134, with 2,154 births that year. Compared with 2015, births are down 43%.

Babies named Eva per yearPeaks at 4,575 births in 1918.4,575 in 1918018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Eva?

An estimated 139,700 living Americans are called Eva. SSA has recorded 285,768 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Eva?

Half of living Evas are older than 24, half younger. The 2010s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Eva a early 20th-century perennial name.

Your Eva

Ages of living people named EvaHalf of living Evas are older than 24 and half younger.median 24020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Eva is most common

Relative to births, District of Columbia carries 3.1× the national share of Evas. Wyoming, Maine and Rhode Island follow.

Where Eva is used more than average5 states use the name Eva more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: 1.8× the national rateMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: 2.0× the national rateWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: 1.8× the national rateRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: 1.7× the national rateDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: 3.1× the national rateDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Eva is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
District of Columbia 168 3.1×
Wyoming 39 2.0×
Maine 114 1.8×
Rhode Island 94 1.8×
Delaware 79 1.7×

Eva in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Eva ranked #58 in 2025 on 758 births. That is 40% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Eva comes from

The (Vulgate) Latin Eva, from Ancient Greek Εὔα, from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה. A Latinate variant of the English Eve.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Eva

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Eva Perón Argentine actress and politician 1919–1952 108
Eva Braun photographer, longtime companion and later wife of Adolf Hitler 1912–1945 92
Eva Green French actress 1980 88
Eva Longoria American actress and producer 1975 83
Eva Marie Saint American actress 1924 54
Eva Herzigová Czech model and actress 1973 46
Eva Ekeblad Swedish scientist 1724–1786 42
Eva Rivas Armenian singer 1987 41
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Eva

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

Same feel, less common

The same matches, limited to names given at most half as often as Eva was in 2025.

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