Evangelyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ee-VAN-jeh-lin
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Evangelyn is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “good news”. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Evangelyn mean?
Greek: variant of Evangeline, from euangelion
“good news”
Evangeline was popularised by Longfellow's 1847 poem about an Acadian woman separated from her love.
Is Evangelyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Evangelyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Evangelyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,883rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Evangelyn, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 1920.
Half of all the girls named Evangelyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Evangelyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 25 | #5,315 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 31 | #4,567 |
| 2010 | 28 | #4,972 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
Nicknames for Evangelyn
Names like Evangelyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elowyn, Calliope, Emerson, Emilia, Everly, Elianna, Sevyn, Londyn, Adalynn, Emberlynn, Elowen, Emery
Names related to Evangelyn
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from 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, “Evangelyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/evangelyn, updated 20 October 2026.