first name
EVA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 161,325 people named Eva, 49.9% reported their origin as White, 33.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 7.9% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Eva peaked in 1918, when 4,575 babies got the name.
At least 285,768 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Eva by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1890s, when it ranked #47. The largest share of babies named Eva, 29.2%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Eva is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Eva has been most common in New Mexico (1.7×), West Virginia (1.6×), and Mississippi (1.6×), and least common in Delaware (0.56×).
238,001 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Eva, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Eva ranks #31,542 of 156,621, with 786 people. See Eva as a last name
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