How rare is the name Evette?

5,628 people in the United States have the first name Evette, about 1 in 53,666. It ranks #3,627 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

EVETTE

#3,627

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,628
About
1 in 53,666
This common or more
82.7%
Who bears it

Of the 5,628 people named Evette, 38.8% reported their origin as Black, 34.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 20.5% as White. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Evette peaked in 1967, when 236 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19192025
Peak year
1967
Births that year
236
In 2025*
54 ▼77%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,211 babies have been given the name since 1919. 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.

Evette by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #1,358. The largest share of babies named Evette, 39.4%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1910s#11,6155
1920s#13,8275
1930s#10,9648
1940s#4,299134
1950s#2,259561
1960s#1,3581,678
1970s#1,6251,368
1980s#2,580762
1990s#4,157518
2000s#5,898435
2010s#6,398418
2020s#5,404319
Greatest Generation 1901–270.2%
Silent Generation 1928–451%
Baby boom 1946–6421.3%
Generation X 1965–8039.4%
Millennials 1981–9617.2%
Generation Z 1997–1210.8%
2013 and later10.1%

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 Evette is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Evette has been most common in California (3×), New York (2.5×), and New Jersey (2×), and least common in North Carolina (0.32×).

3,578 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 Evette

1 other first name also has 5,628 people.

#3,627 Tosha · 5,628

Either side of Evette

#3,625 Deonte · 5,636#3,626 Janeen · 5,629#3,627 Tosha · 5,628#3,629 Devante · 5,625

Spelled almost the same

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

#21,789 Evett · 463#29,690 Evetta · 297

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