Evalyn Girl
How popular is Evalyn?
#1,427 girl name in 2025
151 baby girls were named Evalyn in the US in 2025, making it the 1427th most popular girl name.
Evalyn popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,427 for girls (▼ 69 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 151 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-53% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #869 in 2015, #1,074 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2014 (331 girls) |
| Highest rank | #446 in 1918 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Evalyn counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Evelyn family of names ranked #11 for girls in 2025 (#9 the year before), with 10,703 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Evelyn | 9,123 | 85% |
| Evelynn | 1,012 | 9% |
| Evalyn | 151 | 1% |
| Evalynn | 149 | 1% |
| Evelin | 86 | 1% |
| Evelynne | 52 | 0% |
| Eveline | 36 | 0% |
| Evelyne | 42 | 0% |
| Evaline | 18 | 0% |
| Evalynne | 7 | 0% |
| Evellyn | 8 | 0% |
| Evlyn | 7 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Evalyn is most popular
Babies named Evalyn per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Wisconsin: 0.3 per 1,000 (34 girls)
- Utah: 0.3 per 1,000 (26 girls)
- Oklahoma: 0.3 per 1,000 (21 girls)
- Washington: 0.2 per 1,000 (28 girls)
- Iowa: 0.2 per 1,000 (11 girls)
Evalyn by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 115 | #507 |
| 1890s | 235 | #527 |
| 1900s | 316 | #543 |
| 1910s | 1,332 | #446 |
| 1920s | 1,170 | #529 |
| 1930s | 532 | #867 |
| 1940s | 390 | #975 |
| 1950s | 259 | #1,414 |
| 1960s | 124 | #2,511 |
| 1970s | 43 | #6,617 |
| 1980s | 46 | #6,788 |
| 1990s | 142 | #4,713 |
| 2000s | 912 | #1,198 |
| 2010s | 2,799 | #836 |
| 2020s | 1,152 | #1,074 |
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Questions
- Is Evalyn a boy or girl name?
- Evalyn is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Evalyn were girls.
- How popular is the name Evalyn?
- 151 baby girls were named Evalyn in the US in 2025, making it the 1427th most popular girl name.
- When was Evalyn most popular?
- Evalyn peaked in 2014, when 331 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #446 in 1918.
- How many people are named Evalyn?
- 9,567 babies have been named Evalyn in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,805 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Evalyn most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Evalyn was most common in Wisconsin, at 0.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.