Evelyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EV-e-lin
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #17 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8 for girls
Vintage revival
Evelyn is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 17th for girls in the UK (1,630 babies) and 8th for girls in the US (9,123 babies).
What does Evelyn mean?
English: English surname from the Norman name Aveline
From an English surname derived from the Norman name Aveline; once used for boys too, as with novelist Evelyn Waugh.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Evelyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Evelyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 1,630 girls in the UK and 9,123 girls and 8 boys in the US.
How popular is Evelyn in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #17among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 1,630about 1 in 170 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 7.9%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 1,630 girls in the UK were named Evelyn, making it the 17th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 24th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 2,017 girls.
Half of all the girls named Evelyn in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 12th in England and Wales, 86th in Scotland and 96th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#31), 1914 (#28), 1924 (#35), 1934 (#45), 1944 (#71), 2014 (#31) and 2024 (#20).
Evelyn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,630 | #17 |
| 2024 | 1,576 | #25 |
| 2023 | 1,749 | #17 |
| 2022 | 1,630 | #27 |
| 2021 | 1,796 | #24 |
| 2020 | 1,759 | #24 |
| 2019 | 1,822 | #27 |
| 2018 | 1,964 | #27 |
| 2017 | 2,017 | #23 |
| 2016 | 1,925 | #29 |
| 2015 | 1,817 | #31 |
| 2014 | 1,549 | #38 |
| 2013 | 1,250 | #50 |
| 2012 | 1,061 | #64 |
| 2011 | 887 | #77 |
| 2010 | 722 | #89 |
| 2009 | 750 | #88 |
| 2008 | 684 | #94 |
| 2007 | 546 | #111 |
| 2006 | 436 | #142 |
| 2005 | 395 | #153 |
| 2004 | 346 | #171 |
| 2003 | 267 | #200 |
| 2002 | 207 | #235 |
| 2001 | 165 | #275 |
| 2000 | 91 | #396 |
| 1999 | 99 | #370 |
| 1998 | 88 | #401 |
| 1997 | 87 | #418 |
| 1996 | 87 | #409 |
How popular is Evelyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9,123about 1 in 180 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 7.7%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9,123 girls in the US were named Evelyn, making it the 8th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 14,278 girls. 8 boys were also named Evelyn in 2025 (8,906th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Evelyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 10,529 girls in the US were given Evelyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #10.
Evelyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9,123 | #8 |
| 2024 | 9,146 | #8 |
| 2023 | 9,121 | #9 |
| 2022 | 9,332 | #9 |
| 2021 | 9,495 | #9 |
| 2020 | 9,517 | #9 |
| 2019 | 10,443 | #10 |
| 2018 | 10,433 | #10 |
| 2017 | 10,748 | #9 |
| 2016 | 10,116 | #12 |
| 2015 | 9,377 | #15 |
| 2014 | 8,753 | #16 |
| 2013 | 7,670 | #20 |
| 2012 | 6,880 | #27 |
| 2011 | 6,709 | #24 |
| 2010 | 5,843 | #39 |
| 2009 | 5,584 | #40 |
| 2008 | 5,101 | #54 |
| 2007 | 5,054 | #55 |
| 2006 | 4,751 | #65 |
| 2005 | 4,490 | #71 |
| 2004 | 3,763 | #84 |
| 2003 | 3,701 | #88 |
| 2002 | 3,372 | #98 |
| 2001 | 2,691 | #126 |
| 2000 | 2,223 | #150 |
| 1999 | 1,964 | #161 |
| 1998 | 1,707 | #178 |
| 1997 | 1,572 | #191 |
| 1996 | 1,596 | #187 |
| 1995 | 1,508 | #195 |
| 1994 | 1,452 | #201 |
| 1993 | 1,347 | #211 |
| 1992 | 1,411 | #203 |
| 1991 | 1,269 | #222 |
| 1990 | 1,302 | #220 |
| 1989 | 1,171 | #235 |
| 1988 | 1,124 | #235 |
| 1987 | 1,011 | #253 |
| 1986 | 1,081 | #240 |
| 1985 | 1,132 | #229 |
| 1984 | 1,050 | #239 |
| 1983 | 1,139 | #222 |
| 1982 | 1,377 | #197 |
| 1981 | 1,032 | #242 |
| 1980 | 861 | #288 |
| 1979 | 851 | #287 |
| 1978 | 820 | #282 |
| 1977 | 832 | #289 |
| 1976 | 819 | #280 |
| 1975 | 868 | #280 |
| 1974 | 942 | #270 |
| 1973 | 1,015 | #249 |
| 1972 | 1,060 | #254 |
| 1971 | 1,301 | #231 |
| 1970 | 1,466 | #216 |
| 1969 | 1,452 | #215 |
| 1968 | 1,645 | #192 |
| 1967 | 1,723 | #184 |
| 1966 | 1,872 | #176 |
| 1965 | 2,003 | #176 |
| 1964 | 2,380 | #162 |
| 1963 | 2,567 | #159 |
| 1962 | 2,780 | #153 |
| 1961 | 2,941 | #146 |
| 1960 | 3,219 | #137 |
| 1959 | 3,265 | #134 |
| 1958 | 3,275 | #134 |
| 1957 | 3,640 | #125 |
| 1956 | 3,748 | #120 |
| 1955 | 3,805 | #112 |
| 1954 | 3,952 | #109 |
| 1953 | 4,064 | #94 |
| 1952 | 4,155 | #90 |
| 1951 | 4,232 | #88 |
| 1950 | 4,275 | #86 |
| 1949 | 4,529 | #80 |
| 1948 | 4,840 | #74 |
| 1947 | 5,243 | #72 |
| 1946 | 4,890 | #65 |
| 1945 | 4,377 | #57 |
| 1944 | 4,516 | #57 |
| 1943 | 4,912 | #53 |
| 1942 | 4,940 | #53 |
| 1941 | 4,928 | #50 |
| 1940 | 4,982 | #48 |
| 1939 | 5,332 | #40 |
| 1938 | 5,688 | #38 |
| 1937 | 5,760 | #36 |
| 1936 | 6,108 | #34 |
| 1935 | 6,560 | #31 |
| 1934 | 6,983 | #29 |
| 1933 | 6,947 | #30 |
| 1932 | 7,958 | #23 |
| 1931 | 8,492 | #24 |
| 1930 | 9,536 | #19 |
| 1929 | 9,886 | #19 |
| 1928 | 10,533 | #17 |
| 1927 | 11,495 | #15 |
| 1926 | 11,780 | #13 |
| 1925 | 12,505 | #12 |
| 1924 | 13,358 | #12 |
| 1923 | 13,173 | #12 |
| 1922 | 13,320 | #13 |
| 1921 | 14,278 | #12 |
| 1920 | 13,838 | #12 |
| 1919 | 13,321 | #11 |
| 1918 | 13,493 | #11 |
| 1917 | 12,532 | #11 |
| 1916 | 11,889 | #11 |
| 1915 | 11,595 | #10 |
| 1914 | 8,506 | #11 |
| 1913 | 6,683 | #12 |
| 1912 | 5,620 | #13 |
| 1911 | 4,076 | #16 |
| 1910 | 3,777 | #17 |
| 1909 | 3,157 | #18 |
| 1908 | 2,857 | #20 |
| 1907 | 3,035 | #18 |
| 1906 | 2,077 | #32 |
| 1905 | 1,661 | #45 |
| 1904 | 1,372 | #50 |
| 1903 | 1,211 | #54 |
| 1902 | 1,151 | #59 |
| 1901 | 966 | #62 |
| 1900 | 1,116 | #70 |
| 1899 | 802 | #74 |
| 1898 | 836 | #76 |
| 1897 | 690 | #80 |
| 1896 | 646 | #84 |
| 1895 | 630 | #87 |
| 1894 | 491 | #99 |
| 1893 | 457 | #104 |
| 1892 | 418 | #106 |
| 1891 | 362 | #109 |
| 1890 | 316 | #125 |
| 1889 | 320 | #118 |
| 1888 | 237 | #139 |
| 1887 | 194 | #135 |
| 1886 | 203 | #135 |
| 1885 | 191 | #131 |
| 1884 | 170 | #134 |
| 1883 | 139 | #140 |
| 1882 | 125 | #142 |
| 1881 | 116 | #135 |
| 1880 | 122 | #133 |
Nicknames for Evelyn
Names like Evelyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Evelyn
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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, “Evelyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/evelyn, updated 20 October 2026.