Eve
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EEV
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #250 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #519 for girls
Big in Northern Ireland
Eve is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “living, life”. In 2025 it ranked 250th for girls in the UK (206 babies) and 519th for girls in the US (577 babies).
What does Eve mean?
Hebrew: English form of Hebrew Chawwah
“living, life”
In Genesis, Eve is the first woman and the wife of Adam.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Eve a girl's or a boy's name?
Eve is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 206 girls in the UK and 577 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eve in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #250among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 206about 1 in 1,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 206 girls in the UK were named Eve, making it the 250th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 170th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 1,212 girls.
2025 had the fewest girls named Eve since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Eve in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 219 girls in the UK were given Eve or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #242, up from #250 for this spelling alone.
- Eve 206
- Aoibh 13
Among girls in 2025, it was 287th in England and Wales, 140th in Scotland and 126th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2004 (#61).
Eve in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 206 | #250 |
| 2024 | 249 | #212 |
| 2023 | 215 | #237 |
| 2022 | 238 | #225 |
| 2021 | 342 | #172 |
| 2020 | 326 | #170 |
| 2019 | 363 | #154 |
| 2018 | 362 | #165 |
| 2017 | 312 | #192 |
| 2016 | 378 | #165 |
| 2015 | 423 | #146 |
| 2014 | 461 | #134 |
| 2013 | 508 | #125 |
| 2012 | 550 | #115 |
| 2011 | 573 | #112 |
| 2010 | 668 | #98 |
| 2009 | 806 | #86 |
| 2008 | 955 | #79 |
| 2007 | 1,031 | #68 |
| 2006 | 1,130 | #58 |
| 2005 | 1,212 | #53 |
| 2004 | 1,130 | #56 |
| 2003 | 1,049 | #59 |
| 2002 | 1,129 | #49 |
| 2001 | 1,208 | #47 |
| 2000 | 819 | #67 |
| 1999 | 715 | #82 |
| 1998 | 584 | #103 |
| 1997 | 464 | #123 |
| 1996 | 402 | #128 |
How popular is Eve in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #519among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 577about 1 in 2,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 577 girls in the US were named Eve, making it the 519th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 469th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 732 girls.
Half of all the girls named Eve in the US since 1880 were born between 1961 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Eve in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 577 | #519 |
| 2024 | 532 | #567 |
| 2023 | 497 | #599 |
| 2022 | 549 | #554 |
| 2021 | 648 | #485 |
| 2020 | 652 | #469 |
| 2019 | 650 | #485 |
| 2018 | 723 | #441 |
| 2017 | 732 | #436 |
| 2016 | 703 | #457 |
| 2015 | 680 | #470 |
| 2014 | 695 | #460 |
| 2013 | 615 | #489 |
| 2012 | 530 | #556 |
| 2011 | 532 | #548 |
| 2010 | 495 | #594 |
| 2009 | 521 | #583 |
| 2008 | 470 | #654 |
| 2007 | 484 | #617 |
| 2006 | 491 | #593 |
| 2005 | 417 | #664 |
| 2004 | 450 | #611 |
| 2003 | 499 | #552 |
| 2002 | 478 | #558 |
| 2001 | 500 | #534 |
| 2000 | 482 | #539 |
| 1999 | 322 | #701 |
| 1998 | 223 | #931 |
| 1997 | 162 | #1,146 |
| 1996 | 160 | #1,131 |
| 1995 | 137 | #1,243 |
| 1994 | 141 | #1,229 |
| 1993 | 139 | #1,241 |
| 1992 | 135 | #1,262 |
| 1991 | 136 | #1,240 |
| 1990 | 118 | #1,343 |
| 1989 | 152 | #1,097 |
| 1988 | 126 | #1,195 |
| 1987 | 113 | #1,249 |
| 1986 | 141 | #1,065 |
| 1985 | 149 | #1,014 |
| 1984 | 147 | #979 |
| 1983 | 168 | #898 |
| 1982 | 189 | #829 |
| 1981 | 218 | #756 |
| 1980 | 216 | #765 |
| 1979 | 212 | #759 |
| 1978 | 208 | #747 |
| 1977 | 219 | #707 |
| 1976 | 211 | #700 |
| 1975 | 232 | #655 |
| 1974 | 233 | #653 |
| 1973 | 173 | #774 |
| 1972 | 205 | #705 |
| 1971 | 240 | #659 |
| 1970 | 241 | #664 |
| 1969 | 219 | #670 |
| 1968 | 214 | #661 |
| 1967 | 210 | #661 |
| 1966 | 232 | #626 |
| 1965 | 255 | #606 |
| 1964 | 269 | #609 |
| 1963 | 291 | #578 |
| 1962 | 313 | #554 |
| 1961 | 304 | #576 |
| 1960 | 302 | #565 |
| 1959 | 288 | #582 |
| 1958 | 273 | #600 |
| 1957 | 289 | #566 |
| 1956 | 306 | #531 |
| 1955 | 258 | #567 |
| 1954 | 233 | #591 |
| 1953 | 208 | #612 |
| 1952 | 189 | #647 |
| 1951 | 183 | #644 |
| 1950 | 108 | #849 |
| 1949 | 98 | #888 |
| 1948 | 111 | #831 |
| 1947 | 118 | #802 |
| 1946 | 135 | #686 |
| 1945 | 122 | #667 |
| 1944 | 112 | #710 |
| 1943 | 108 | #745 |
| 1942 | 83 | #835 |
| 1941 | 102 | #693 |
| 1940 | 72 | #841 |
| 1939 | 66 | #862 |
| 1938 | 60 | #914 |
| 1937 | 49 | #1,002 |
| 1936 | 58 | #894 |
| 1935 | 53 | #954 |
| 1934 | 77 | #764 |
| 1933 | 65 | #826 |
| 1932 | 63 | #875 |
| 1931 | 55 | #931 |
| 1930 | 78 | #800 |
| 1929 | 77 | #804 |
| 1928 | 80 | #800 |
| 1927 | 82 | #800 |
| 1926 | 77 | #836 |
| 1925 | 81 | #828 |
| 1924 | 113 | #698 |
| 1923 | 76 | #838 |
| 1922 | 81 | #808 |
| 1921 | 106 | #711 |
| 1920 | 101 | #720 |
| 1919 | 104 | #685 |
| 1918 | 127 | #627 |
| 1917 | 138 | #572 |
| 1916 | 144 | #561 |
| 1915 | 143 | #526 |
| 1914 | 130 | #484 |
| 1913 | 123 | #447 |
| 1912 | 104 | #466 |
| 1911 | 71 | #489 |
| 1910 | 76 | #458 |
| 1909 | 67 | #456 |
| 1908 | 67 | #440 |
| 1907 | 73 | #414 |
| 1906 | 48 | #499 |
| 1905 | 44 | #510 |
| 1904 | 41 | #511 |
| 1903 | 33 | #565 |
| 1902 | 33 | #571 |
| 1901 | 26 | #615 |
| 1900 | 35 | #589 |
| 1899 | 32 | #526 |
| 1898 | 29 | #597 |
| 1897 | 19 | #715 |
| 1896 | 27 | #594 |
| 1895 | 26 | #596 |
| 1894 | 20 | #664 |
| 1893 | 23 | #594 |
| 1892 | 18 | #685 |
| 1891 | 13 | #750 |
| 1890 | 11 | #825 |
| 1889 | 14 | #687 |
| 1888 | 13 | #724 |
| 1887 | 10 | #733 |
| 1886 | 7 | #897 |
| 1885 | 10 | #695 |
| 1884 | 11 | #640 |
| 1883 | 6 | #817 |
| 1882 | 6 | #813 |
| 1881 | 10 | #539 |
| 1880 | 7 | #679 |
Nicknames for Eve
- Evie 1,320 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Eve
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Eve
Names related to Eve
More Hebrew names
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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, “Eve: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eve, updated 20 October 2026.