How common is the name Evelyn?

293,621 people in the United States have the first name Evelyn, about 1 in 1,029. It ranks #176 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

EVELYN

#176

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
293,621
About
1 in 1,029
This common or more
39.3%
Who bears it

Of the 293,621 people named Evelyn, 53.4% reported their origin as White, 28% as Hispanic or Latino and 10% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Evelyn peaked in 1921, when 14,308 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1921
Births that year
14,308
In 2025*
9,131 ▼36%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 641,662 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.

Evelyn by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #21. The largest share of babies named Evelyn, 33.2%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#2221,817
1890s#1255,648
1900s#5118,684
1910s#2291,710
1920s#27124,521
1930s#5869,711
1940s#12048,330
1950s#20538,556
1960s#30922,683
1970s#48510,031
1980s#45611,111
1990s#40015,206
2000s#18440,800
2010s#5287,075
2020s#2155,779
Before 19011.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–2733.2%
Silent Generation 1928–4518.5%
Baby boom 1946–6411.2%
Generation X 1965–803.1%
Millennials 1981–963.1%
Generation Z 1997–1210.2%
2013 and later19.2%

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 Evelyn is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Evelyn has been most common in North Dakota (1.6×), South Dakota (1.5×), and Nebraska (1.4×), and least common in Florida (0.68×).

612,327 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 Evelyn

#174 Roger · 294,726#175 Jesse · 293,709#177 Tiffany · 293,280#178 Ann · 293,049

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,446 Evelin · 10,132#2,673 Evelynn · 8,790#4,030 Evalyn · 4,812#5,460 Evelyne · 3,144#17,761 Evlyn · 615#29,690 Evelyna · 297#32,949 Evelen · 253#35,789 Evellyn · 224

Also a last name

As a last name, Evelyn ranks #19,328 of 156,621, with 1,401 people. See Evelyn as a last name

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