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Girl name

Evelyn

Evelyn holds the #8 spot on the 2025 list of the most popular girl names in the U.S. That amounts to 9,123 newborn girls in a single year. Its position has barely moved over the past five years — a sign of steady, established appeal. Its strongest year on record was 2024 (#8 nationally, 9,146 newborns), in a data series reaching back to 1880. The name's biggest fan base is in Vermont (#2 there in 2025).

Rankings

2025 rank
#8
among girl names
Trend
Stable
last 5 years
All-time peak
#8
in 2024 (2020s)
Babies in 2025
9,123
girls named Evelyn

Evelyn popularity, 1880–2025

0.32%0.64%0.95%1.3%18801900192019401960198020002020#8 in 2024
Girls — share of U.S. female birthsSource: Social Security Administration, 1880–2025

Where Evelyn is most popular

Alaska: #4 (26 girls, 1.57% of girls born 2025)AKMaine: #6 (40 girls, 1.28% of girls born 2025)MEVermont: #2 (27 girls, 2.77% of girls born 2025)VTNew Hampshire: #12 (47 girls, 1.24% of girls born 2025)NHWashington: #5 (262 girls, 0.91% of girls born 2025)WAIdaho: #3 (89 girls, 1.24% of girls born 2025)IDMontana: #9 (32 girls, 1.13% of girls born 2025)MTNorth Dakota: #5 (32 girls, 1.19% of girls born 2025)NDMinnesota: #2 (230 girls, 1.07% of girls born 2025)MNWisconsin: #4 (194 girls, 0.96% of girls born 2025)WIMichigan: #5 (286 girls, 0.80% of girls born 2025)MINew York: #24 (352 girls, 0.45% of girls born 2025)NYMassachusetts: #10 (187 girls, 0.78% of girls born 2025)MARhode Island: #30 (19 girls, 0.77% of girls born 2025)RIOregon: #6 (121 girls, 0.93% of girls born 2025)ORNevada: #21 (54 girls, 0.59% of girls born 2025)NVWyoming: #2 (19 girls, 2.34% of girls born 2025)WYSouth Dakota: #3 (39 girls, 1.28% of girls born 2025)SDIowa: #2 (117 girls, 0.99% of girls born 2025)IAIllinois: #10 (296 girls, 0.67% of girls born 2025)ILIndiana: #4 (252 girls, 0.90% of girls born 2025)INOhio: #4 (420 girls, 0.89% of girls born 2025)OHPennsylvania: #8 (318 girls, 0.68% of girls born 2025)PANew Jersey: #32 (169 girls, 0.48% of girls born 2025)NJConnecticut: #23 (75 girls, 0.65% of girls born 2025)CTCalifornia: #17 (892 girls, 0.55% of girls born 2025)CAUtah: #5 (179 girls, 1.05% of girls born 2025)UTColorado: #6 (214 girls, 0.92% of girls born 2025)CONebraska: #2 (82 girls, 1.16% of girls born 2025)NEMissouri: #5 (227 girls, 0.93% of girls born 2025)MOKentucky: #4 (164 girls, 0.95% of girls born 2025)KYWest Virginia: #17 (40 girls, 0.79% of girls born 2025)WVVirginia: #7 (254 girls, 0.75% of girls born 2025)VAMaryland: #12 (137 girls, 0.69% of girls born 2025)MDDelaware: #23 (18 girls, 0.80% of girls born 2025)DEArizona: #17 (185 girls, 0.66% of girls born 2025)AZNew Mexico: #12 (41 girls, 0.88% of girls born 2025)NMKansas: #3 (123 girls, 1.04% of girls born 2025)KSArkansas: #6 (87 girls, 0.82% of girls born 2025)ARTennessee: #6 (242 girls, 0.75% of girls born 2025)TNNorth Carolina: #9 (317 girls, 0.68% of girls born 2025)NCSouth Carolina: #6 (156 girls, 0.85% of girls born 2025)SCDistrict of Columbia: #18 (20 girls, 0.99% of girls born 2025)DCOklahoma: #6 (122 girls, 0.83% of girls born 2025)OKLouisiana: #9 (110 girls, 0.67% of girls born 2025)LAMississippi: #28 (44 girls, 0.49% of girls born 2025)MSAlabama: #11 (139 girls, 0.76% of girls born 2025)ALGeorgia: #8 (296 girls, 0.65% of girls born 2025)GAHawaii: #36 (13 girls, 0.61% of girls born 2025)HITexas: #13 (925 girls, 0.58% of girls born 2025)TXFlorida: #25 (393 girls, 0.45% of girls born 2025)FL
Share of girls born in 2025:low → highno data (< 5 births)
Strongest states: Vermont (#2), Wyoming (#2), Alaska (#4)
Uniqueness score
Ultra popular
7
/ 100
everywhereone of a kind

You'll meet plenty of them — a true chart-topper.

Based on how many babies per birth were named Evelyn in the most recent year of SSA data.

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