Evangelia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- eh-vahn-YEH-lee-ah
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,877 for girls
Evangelia is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “good news”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 4,877th for girls in the US (27 babies).
What does Evangelia mean?
Greek: from euangelion 'good news, gospel'
“good news”
Greek bearers traditionally celebrate their name day at the Annunciation, 25 March, called Evangelismos in Greek.
Is Evangelia a girl's or a boy's name?
Evangelia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 27 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Evangelia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,101st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Evangelia, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Evangelia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Evangelia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
How popular is Evangelia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,877th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 27 about 1 in 60,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 27 girls in the US were named Evangelia, making it the 4,877th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 2007, with 50 girls. It first appears in the records in 1949.
2025 had more girls named Evangelia than any year since 2011.
Half of all the girls named Evangelia in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Evangelia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #4,877 |
| 2024 | 24 | #5,297 |
| 2023 | 25 | #5,123 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 24 | #5,555 |
| 2011 | 31 | #4,567 |
| 2010 | 31 | #4,607 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,889 |
| 2008 | 28 | #5,140 |
| 2007 | 50 | #3,329 |
| 2006 | 29 | #4,810 |
| 2005 | 29 | #4,577 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,087 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,617 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 21 | #5,307 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,633 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,393 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,055 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,060 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,633 |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,317 |
| 1983 | 16 | #4,475 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,166 |
| 1981 | 26 | #3,253 |
| 1980 | 20 | #3,852 |
| 1979 | 19 | #3,902 |
| 1978 | 18 | #3,924 |
| 1977 | 21 | #3,485 |
| 1976 | 16 | #3,961 |
| 1975 | 19 | #3,513 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 17 | #3,634 |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,522 |
| 1971 | 13 | #4,309 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,060 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,417 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 12 | #3,844 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,095 |
| 1963 | 10 | #4,271 |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
Nicknames for Evangelia
Names like Evangelia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sophia, Ariana, Aria, Anastasia, Eliana, Lucia, Mia, Esme, Lara, Eva-Maria, Emilia, Maria
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Evangelia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/evangelia, updated 20 October 2026.