How rare is the name Evelina?

5,264 people in the United States have the first name Evelina, about 1 in 57,377. It ranks #3,771 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

EVELINA

#3,771

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,264
About
1 in 57,377
This common or more
83%
Who bears it

Of the 5,264 people named Evelina, 54.6% reported their origin as White, 25.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 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.

Evelina peaked in 2025, when 349 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
349
In 2025*
349
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,365 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.

Evelina by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #1,407. The largest share of babies named Evelina, 41.2%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#1,40780
1890s#1,523112
1900s#1,460164
1910s#2,245266
1920s#2,378360
1930s#2,624266
1940s#2,913262
1950s#3,112311
1960s#3,638280
1970s#6,387151
1980s#4,539329
1990s#6,433273
2000s#4,955564
2010s#2,5881,577
2020s#2,0431,370
Before 19013.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–2711%
Silent Generation 1928–457.7%
Baby boom 1946–649.2%
Generation X 1965–804.6%
Millennials 1981–967.7%
Generation Z 1997–1215.4%
2013 and later41.2%

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 Evelina is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Evelina has been most common in South Carolina (4.5×), Washington (4.5×), and California (2.6×), and least common in North Carolina (0.38×).

3,164 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.

Exactly as common as Evelina

1 other first name also has 5,264 people.

#3,771 Agatha · 5,264

Either side of Evelina

#3,770 Mama · 5,267#3,771 Agatha · 5,264#3,773 Alayah · 5,262#3,774 Tye · 5,259

Spelled almost the same

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

#176 Evelyn · 293,621#2,446 Evelin · 10,132#2,673 Evelynn · 8,790#5,460 Evelyne · 3,144#6,075 Eveline · 2,689#10,646 Evalina · 1,240#15,613 Evaline · 734#21,118 Evalena · 484

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