How rare is the name Evelia?

6,884 people in the United States have the first name Evelia, about 1 in 43,874. It ranks #3,165 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

EVELIA

#3,165

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,884
About
1 in 43,874
This common or more
81.8%
Who bears it

Of the 6,884 people named Evelia, 97.4% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino and 1.5% as White. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Evelia peaked in 1980, when 38 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19122025
Peak year
1980
Births that year
38
In 2025*
38
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 1,594 babies have been given the name since 1912. 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.

Evelia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #5,213. The largest share of babies named Evelia, 23.6%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1910s#10,10610
1920s#8,95331
1930s#6,55750
1940s#6,82452
1950s#5,97795
1960s#5,628128
1970s#5,213208
1980s#5,434255
1990s#7,327230
2000s#10,157198
2010s#11,004190
2020s#9,054147
Greatest Generation 1901–271.6%
Silent Generation 1928–454.8%
Baby boom 1946–6412.7%
Generation X 1965–8019.3%
Millennials 1981–9623.6%
Generation Z 1997–1219.5%
2013 and later18.5%

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.

Either side of Evelia

#3,162 Shanda · 6,888#3,164 Nguyen · 6,887#3,166 Miller · 6,879#3,167 Randell · 6,876

Spelled almost the same

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

#6,332 Evelio · 2,548#45,183 Evalia · 151#46,856 Evella · 141

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