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Evelyn

Girls' name · Early 20th-century perennial

Living in the US
~322,200 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#8 among girls
Births in 2025
9,131 641,662 since 1880
Typical age
19 years, median

Evelyn popularity over time

Evelyn rank by birth year, 1880–2025Evelyn ranked #133 in 1880 and #8 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #8, in 2024.#10#100#818901920195019802010
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.

The high point was 1921: 14,308 births recorded as Evelyn. It is present from 1880, the first year of the record. Across the record, 84 years put Evelyn in the top 100.

In 2025 it ranked #8 with 9,131 births.

Babies named Evelyn per yearPeaks at 14,308 births in 1921.14,308 in 1921018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Evelyn?

An estimated 322,200 living Americans are called Evelyn. That is out of 641,662 recorded births 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 Evelyn?

Median age among living Evelyns: 19. More of them were born in the 2010s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Evelyn a early 20th-century perennial name.

Your Evelyn

Ages of living people named EvelynHalf of living Evelyns are older than 19 and half younger.median 19020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Evelyn is most common

The name is concentrated in Vermont, at 3.4× the national rate. Wyoming, New Hampshire and Maine follow.

Where Evelyn is used more than average5 states use the name Evelyn more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: 2.4× the national rateMEVermont: 3.4× the national rateVTNew Hampshire: 2.4× the national rateNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: 2.4× the national rateNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: 3.1× 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: not over-representedRICalifornia: 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: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: 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: not over-representedDCOklahoma: 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 Evelyn is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Vermont 231 3.4×
Wyoming 196 3.1×
New Hampshire 552 2.4×
Maine 496 2.4×
North Dakota 432 2.4×

Evelyn in England and Wales

ONS recorded 1,560 births named Evelyn in 2025, ranking it #12.

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

Where the name Evelyn comes from

From Middle English forms of the Old French female name Aveline, diminutive of the Germanic root *avi-, of uncertain meaning, possibly “desired, wished for“ (compare Latin avēre, "to wish for") or aval “strength”. By also misunderstood as a diminutive of the feminine given name Eve, q.v. Doublet of Eileen. Also compare Ava.

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

Notable people named Evelyn

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Evelyn Waugh British writer and journalist 1903–1966 71
Evelyn Beatrice Hall English writer 1868–1956 39
Evelyn Ashford American sprinter 1957 38
Evelyn Glennie Scottish percussionist and composer 1965 34
Evelyn De Morgan Pre-Raphaelite artist (1993- 1855–1919 33
Evelyn Keyes American film actress 1916–2008 32
Evelyn Fox Keller American physicist, author and feminist 1936–2023 29
Evelyn Sharma Indo-German actress 1989 29
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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.

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