Popularity of the name Evelyn, 1880–2025
Evelyn was at its most popular in 1919, when 13,321 girls were given the name: about 1 in 85 girls born in the U.S. that year, ranking #11. In 2025, 9,123 girls were named Evelyn, ranking #8. In all, Social Security counts 639,756 girls named Evelyn since 1880. Social Security’s records also list 1,906 boys named Evelyn.
- Peak year
- 1919
- Rank in 1919
- #11
- Babies in 1919
- 13,321
- Rank in 2025
- #8
- Total since 1880
- 639,756
Where it stands now
In the past decade the name climbed from #15 in 2015 to #8 in 2025: 9,377 girls got it in 2015, and 9,123 in 2025.
Decade by decade
Its best decade is the 2020s so far, when 55,734 girls were named Evelyn, #9 for the decade. It started at #136 in the 1880s.
Every 20 years in the records: 122 in 1880 (#133), 1,116 in 1900 (#70), 13,838 in 1920 (#12), 4,982 in 1940 (#48), 3,219 in 1960 (#137), 861 in 1980 (#288), 2,223 in 2000 (#150) and 9,517 in 2020 (#9).
Highs and lows
The most girls given the name in a single year was 14,278, in 1921. That is not its peak year: Social Security’s records hold more girls for 1921 than for 1919, so the name’s share of births was smaller. Its best rank in any year was #8, first reached in 2024.
Every year
The table lists every year from 1880 to 2025 in which Social Security recorded at least 5 girls named Evelyn, with the name’s rank that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 122 | #133 |
| 1881 | 116 | #135 |
| 1882 | 125 | #142 |
| 1883 | 139 | #140 |
| 1884 | 170 | #134 |
| 1885 | 191 | #131 |
| 1886 | 203 | #135 |
| 1887 | 194 | #135 |
| 1888 | 237 | #139 |
| 1889 | 320 | #118 |
| 1890 | 316 | #125 |
| 1891 | 362 | #109 |
| 1892 | 418 | #106 |
| 1893 | 457 | #104 |
| 1894 | 491 | #99 |
| 1895 | 630 | #87 |
| 1896 | 646 | #84 |
| 1897 | 690 | #80 |
| 1898 | 836 | #76 |
| 1899 | 802 | #74 |
| 1900 | 1,116 | #70 |
| 1901 | 966 | #62 |
| 1902 | 1,151 | #59 |
| 1903 | 1,211 | #54 |
| 1904 | 1,372 | #50 |
| 1905 | 1,661 | #45 |
| 1906 | 2,077 | #32 |
| 1907 | 3,035 | #18 |
| 1908 | 2,857 | #20 |
| 1909 | 3,157 | #18 |
| 1910 | 3,777 | #17 |
| 1911 | 4,076 | #16 |
| 1912 | 5,620 | #13 |
| 1913 | 6,683 | #12 |
| 1914 | 8,506 | #11 |
| 1915 | 11,595 | #10 |
| 1916 | 11,889 | #11 |
| 1917 | 12,532 | #11 |
| 1918 | 13,493 | #11 |
| 1919 | 13,321 | #11 |
| 1920 | 13,838 | #12 |
| 1921 | 14,278 | #12 |
| 1922 | 13,320 | #13 |
| 1923 | 13,173 | #12 |
| 1924 | 13,358 | #12 |
| 1925 | 12,505 | #12 |
| 1926 | 11,780 | #13 |
| 1927 | 11,495 | #15 |
| 1928 | 10,533 | #17 |
| 1929 | 9,886 | #19 |
| 1930 | 9,536 | #19 |
| 1931 | 8,492 | #24 |
| 1932 | 7,958 | #23 |
| 1933 | 6,947 | #30 |
| 1934 | 6,983 | #29 |
| 1935 | 6,560 | #31 |
| 1936 | 6,108 | #34 |
| 1937 | 5,760 | #36 |
| 1938 | 5,688 | #38 |
| 1939 | 5,332 | #40 |
| 1940 | 4,982 | #48 |
| 1941 | 4,928 | #50 |
| 1942 | 4,940 | #53 |
| 1943 | 4,912 | #53 |
| 1944 | 4,516 | #57 |
| 1945 | 4,377 | #57 |
| 1946 | 4,890 | #65 |
| 1947 | 5,243 | #72 |
| 1948 | 4,840 | #74 |
| 1949 | 4,529 | #80 |
| 1950 | 4,275 | #86 |
| 1951 | 4,232 | #88 |
| 1952 | 4,155 | #90 |
| 1953 | 4,064 | #94 |
| 1954 | 3,952 | #109 |
| 1955 | 3,805 | #112 |
| 1956 | 3,748 | #120 |
| 1957 | 3,640 | #125 |
| 1958 | 3,275 | #134 |
| 1959 | 3,265 | #134 |
| 1960 | 3,219 | #137 |
| 1961 | 2,941 | #146 |
| 1962 | 2,780 | #153 |
| 1963 | 2,567 | #159 |
| 1964 | 2,380 | #162 |
| 1965 | 2,003 | #176 |
| 1966 | 1,872 | #176 |
| 1967 | 1,723 | #184 |
| 1968 | 1,645 | #192 |
| 1969 | 1,452 | #215 |
| 1970 | 1,466 | #216 |
| 1971 | 1,301 | #231 |
| 1972 | 1,060 | #254 |
| 1973 | 1,015 | #249 |
| 1974 | 942 | #270 |
| 1975 | 868 | #280 |
| 1976 | 819 | #280 |
| 1977 | 832 | #289 |
| 1978 | 820 | #282 |
| 1979 | 851 | #287 |
| 1980 | 861 | #288 |
| 1981 | 1,032 | #242 |
| 1982 | 1,377 | #197 |
| 1983 | 1,139 | #222 |
| 1984 | 1,050 | #239 |
| 1985 | 1,132 | #229 |
| 1986 | 1,081 | #240 |
| 1987 | 1,011 | #253 |
| 1988 | 1,124 | #235 |
| 1989 | 1,171 | #235 |
| 1990 | 1,302 | #220 |
| 1991 | 1,269 | #222 |
| 1992 | 1,411 | #203 |
| 1993 | 1,347 | #211 |
| 1994 | 1,452 | #201 |
| 1995 | 1,508 | #195 |
| 1996 | 1,596 | #187 |
| 1997 | 1,572 | #191 |
| 1998 | 1,707 | #178 |
| 1999 | 1,964 | #161 |
| 2000 | 2,223 | #150 |
| 2001 | 2,691 | #126 |
| 2002 | 3,372 | #98 |
| 2003 | 3,701 | #88 |
| 2004 | 3,763 | #84 |
| 2005 | 4,490 | #71 |
| 2006 | 4,751 | #65 |
| 2007 | 5,054 | #55 |
| 2008 | 5,101 | #54 |
| 2009 | 5,584 | #40 |
| 2010 | 5,843 | #39 |
| 2011 | 6,709 | #24 |
| 2012 | 6,880 | #27 |
| 2013 | 7,670 | #20 |
| 2014 | 8,753 | #16 |
| 2015 | 9,377 | #15 |
| 2016 | 10,116 | #12 |
| 2017 | 10,748 | #9 |
| 2018 | 10,433 | #10 |
| 2019 | 10,443 | #10 |
| 2020 | 9,517 | #9 |
| 2021 | 9,495 | #9 |
| 2022 | 9,332 | #9 |
| 2023 | 9,121 | #9 |
| 2024 | 9,146 | #8 |
| 2025 | 9,123 | #8 |
How these numbers are counted
Social Security publishes, for every year since 1880, how many babies of each sex were given each name, counting any name given to at least 5. A name’s rank is its place that year among names for the same sex, by number of babies. Names with the same count share a rank here, while Social Security’s own lists break ties alphabetically, so a rank can differ from theirs by a place or two. A name’s share is the number of babies given it divided by all babies of that sex in the data that year, and its peak is the year that share was highest. Shares rather than counts set the peak, because far more babies were born in some years than others: counting babies alone would pull nearly every name’s peak toward the 1946–1964 baby boom.
Source: the U.S. Social Security Administration’s national baby name data, from Social Security card applications for babies born in the U.S. A name is left out of a year when fewer than 5 babies of one sex got it, and counts before about 1937 are incomplete, because many people born then never applied for a card. See how Baby Boom builds its data. Figures may contain errors.