Evalyn
#1,427 for girls in 2025, 151 births
- Peak · girls
- 1918 · 222 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 9,567since 1880
Evalyn over time
Rank among girls' names. Evalyn has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,427 | 151 |
| 2024 | #1,358 | 168 |
| 2023 | #1,186 | 202 |
| 2022 | #1,206 | 200 |
| 2021 | #1,198 | 201 |
| 2020 | #1,074 | 230 |
| 2019 | #1,036 | 247 |
| 2018 | #994 | 263 |
| 2017 | #951 | 278 |
| 2016 | #876 | 320 |
| 2015 | #869 | 321 |
| 2014 | #836 | 331 |
| 2013 | #936 | 270 |
| 2012 | #917 | 281 |
| 2011 | #1,012 | 247 |
| 2010 | #1,035 | 241 |
| 2009 | #1,198 | 209 |
| 2008 | #1,664 | 134 |
| 2007 | #1,672 | 132 |
| 2006 | #1,878 | 108 |
| 2005 | #2,030 | 92 |
| 2004 | #2,481 | 68 |
| 2003 | #2,610 | 61 |
| 2002 | #2,605 | 59 |
| 2001 | #3,864 | 33 |
| 2000 | #6,487 | 16 |
| 1999 | #4,718 | 23 |
| 1998 | #5,123 | 20 |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 |
| 1991 | #5,399 | 17 |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 |
| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 |
| 1966 | #3,266 | 15 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 |
| 1961 | #3,460 | 14 |
| 1960 | #2,512 | 23 |
| 1959 | #2,980 | 16 |
| 1958 | #2,862 | 17 |
| 1957 | #2,347 | 23 |
| 1956 | #1,693 | 39 |
| 1955 | #1,978 | 29 |
| 1954 | #2,186 | 24 |
| 1953 | #2,812 | 15 |
| 1952 | #1,713 | 33 |
| 1951 | #1,415 | 44 |
| 1950 | #2,253 | 19 |
| 1949 | #1,807 | 28 |
| 1948 | #1,739 | 29 |
| 1947 | #1,661 | 33 |
| 1946 | #1,360 | 41 |
| 1945 | #1,514 | 29 |
| 1944 | #1,455 | 31 |
| 1943 | #1,197 | 46 |
| 1942 | #1,180 | 45 |
| 1941 | #975 | 56 |
| 1940 | #989 | 52 |
| 1939 | #1,009 | 49 |
| 1938 | #1,018 | 49 |
| 1937 | #950 | 53 |
| 1936 | #951 | 52 |
| 1935 | #1,004 | 47 |
| 1934 | #1,098 | 41 |
| 1933 | #985 | 49 |
| 1932 | #875 | 63 |
| 1931 | #876 | 61 |
| 1930 | #867 | 68 |
| 1929 | #909 | 62 |
| 1928 | #870 | 70 |
| 1927 | #800 | 82 |
| 1926 | #693 | 110 |
| 1925 | #758 | 95 |
| 1924 | #695 | 114 |
| 1923 | #612 | 143 |
| 1922 | #573 | 158 |
| 1921 | #572 | 158 |
| 1920 | #529 | 178 |
| 1919 | #504 | 179 |
| 1918 | #446 | 222 |
| 1917 | #463 | 196 |
| 1916 | #456 | 196 |
| 1915 | #469 | 172 |
| 1914 | #497 | 126 |
| 1913 | #567 | 81 |
| 1912 | #591 | 68 |
| 1911 | #583 | 54 |
| 1910 | #691 | 38 |
| 1909 | #644 | 37 |
| 1908 | #629 | 37 |
| 1907 | #666 | 32 |
| 1906 | #633 | 32 |
| 1905 | #564 | 38 |
| 1904 | #727 | 23 |
| 1903 | #549 | 35 |
| 1902 | #773 | 20 |
| 1901 | #659 | 23 |
| 1900 | #543 | 39 |
| 1899 | #664 | 22 |
| 1898 | #527 | 35 |
| 1897 | #594 | 26 |
| 1896 | #576 | 28 |
| 1895 | #607 | 25 |
| 1894 | #643 | 21 |
| 1893 | #594 | 23 |
| 1892 | #666 | 19 |
| 1891 | #541 | 23 |
| 1890 | #758 | 13 |
| 1889 | #839 | 10 |
| 1888 | #572 | 19 |
| 1887 | #586 | 15 |
| 1886 | #657 | 12 |
| 1885 | #542 | 16 |
| 1884 | #583 | 13 |
| 1883 | #651 | 9 |
| 1882 | #507 | 13 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #628 | 8 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Evalyn was already there! It came in at #628, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Evalyn is popular in 1916
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Washington#216 · 1 in 1,398
- Nebraska#217 · 1 in 1,408
- Indiana#255 · 1 in 2,155
- Iowa#260 · 1 in 2,070
- California#265 · 1 in 1,956
Best ever in a state: #19 in Nevada, 1922.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | #216 | 6 | 1 in 1,398 |
| Nebraska | #217 | 8 | 1 in 1,408 |
| Indiana | #255 | 11 | 1 in 2,155 |
| Iowa | #260 | 10 | 1 in 2,070 |
| California | #265 | 10 | 1 in 1,956 |
| Illinois | #271 | 22 | 1 in 2,633 |
| Ohio | #307 | 14 | 1 in 3,427 |
| Minnesota | #318 | 8 | 1 in 2,706 |
| Wisconsin | #325 | 7 | 1 in 3,361 |
| Kansas | #349 | 5 | 1 in 2,959 |
| Michigan | #378 | 7 | 1 in 4,610 |
| New York | #386 | 15 | 1 in 6,265 |
| Pennsylvania | #396 | 13 | 1 in 6,866 |
| Missouri | #459 | 6 | 1 in 4,808 |
| Texas | #494 | 12 | 1 in 3,754 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Evalyn
- 69 spots since 2024 (#1,358 → #1,427)
- 353 spots since 2020 (#1,074 → #1,427)
- 558 spots since 2015 (#869 → #1,427)
- Biggest jump: 224 spots in 1903 (#773 → #549)
- Biggest drop: 267 spots in 1889 (#572 → #839)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1918 at #446 (222 births)
- Births halved by 1925, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 64 yrs · run 1882–1933
- Highest: 1 in 5,215 girls born in 1918 were named Evalyn (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,644 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 29.3% of all girls named Evalyn (2,799) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 115 | #507 (1882) | #618 |
| 1890s | 235 | #527 (1898) | #617 |
| 1900s | 316 | #543 (1900) | #639 |
| 1910s | 1,332 | #446 (1918) | #527 |
| 1920s | 1,170 | #529 (1920) | #701 |
| 1930s | 532 | #867 (1930) | #963 |
| 1940s | 390 | #975 (1941) | #1,388 |
| 1950s | 259 | #1,415 (1951) | #2,224 |
| 1960s | 124 | #2,512 (1960) | #4,121 |
| 1970s | 43 | #6,619 (1971) | #7,847 |
| 1980s | 46 | #6,789 (1980) | #9,253 |
| 1990s | 142 | #4,718 (1999) | #6,918 |
| 2000s | 912 | #1,198 (2009) | #2,649 |
| 2010s | 2,799 | #836 (2014) | #946 |
| 2020s | 1,152 | #1,074 (2020) | #1,242 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Evalyn in 1916
Top girls' names in 1916
More about 1916
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1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 5,328 of them was named Evalyn, which outranked 91.2% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.