How rare is the name Evangeline?

23,505 people in the United States have the first name Evangeline, about 1 in 12,850. It ranks #1,443 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

EVANGELINE

#1,443

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
23,505
About
1 in 12,850
This common or more
74.7%
Who bears it

Of the 23,505 people named Evangeline, 45.7% reported their origin as White, 20% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 18.6% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Evangeline peaked in 2025, when 1,998 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18812025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
1,998
In 2025*
1,998
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 36,771 babies have been given the name since 1881. 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.

Evangeline by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #451. The largest share of babies named Evangeline, 46.9%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#1,206108
1890s#844300
1900s#717553
1910s#8401,552
1920s#8042,444
1930s#8441,973
1940s#1,1571,404
1950s#1,4051,411
1960s#1,6491,182
1970s#2,189821
1980s#3,160562
1990s#3,343716
2000s#1,4303,323
2010s#58111,610
2020s#4518,812
Before 19011.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–2710.9%
Silent Generation 1928–458.9%
Baby boom 1946–647.2%
Generation X 1965–803.8%
Millennials 1981–962.6%
Generation Z 1997–1218.3%
2013 and later46.9%

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 Evangeline is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Evangeline has been most common in New Mexico (4.4×), Maine (2.3×), and Arizona (2.2×), and least common in Mississippi (0.2×).

30,486 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.

Either side of Evangeline

#1,441 Larissa · 23,539#1,442 Ryleigh · 23,525#1,444 Kali · 23,482#1,445 Mabel · 23,468

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Evangeline, most common first.

#1,821 Evangelina · 16,121#8,248 Evangelia · 1,767#22,912 Evangelyn · 431#35,980 Evangaline · 222#42,346 Evangelin · 170#42,346 Evanjelina · 170#46,524 Evangline · 143

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