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Evelynn

Gender
Girl
Say it
EV-e-lin
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#1,280 for girls
US rank, 2025
#301 for girls

Evelynn is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,280th for girls in the UK (26 babies) and 301st for girls in the US (1,012 babies).

What does Evelynn mean?

English: spelling of Evelyn

Spelling of Evelyn, influenced by names ending in -lynn.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Evelynn a girl's or a boy's name?

Evelynn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 girls in the UK and 1,012 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Evelynn in the UK?

Rank in 2025
1,280th among girls
Babies in 2025
26 about 1 in 11,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 4% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 26 girls in the UK were named Evelynn, making it the 1,280th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,647th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 40 girls.

Half of all the girls named Evelynn in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,702 girls in the UK were given Evelynn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #16, up from #1,280 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,229th in England and Wales.

2003Busiest: 40 in 20182025
Evelynn in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202526#1,280
202436#1,020
202325#1,360
202224#1,406
202127#1,295
202019#1,647
201932#1,129
201840#978
201721#1,597
201628#1,291
201526#1,353
201413#2,189
201316#1,874
201220#1,615
201121#1,518
201014#2,004
20098#2,909
20089#2,663
20078#2,790
20068#2,657
20053#4,976
20040–
20033#4,560

How popular is Evelynn in the US?

Rank in 2025
301st among girls
Babies in 2025
1,012 about 1 in 1,600 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 3% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 1,012 girls in the US were named Evelynn, making it the 301st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 328th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 1,030 girls. It first appears in the records in 1914.

Half of all the girls named Evelynn in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 10,529 girls in the US were given Evelynn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #10, up from #301 for this spelling alone.

1914Busiest: 1,030 in 20192025
Evelynn in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20251,012#301
20241,016#304
2023976#319
2022963#333
20211,025#316
2020943#328
20191,030#311
2018957#337
2017945#342
2016848#390
2015719#441
2014737#434
2013541#549
2012530#556
2011518#563
2010387#724
2009302#902
2008247#1,057
2007233#1,109
2006209#1,162
2005160#1,355
2004122#1,600
2003116#1,651
2002119#1,563
200171#2,255
200057#2,589
199950#2,734
199831#3,727
199732#3,544
199625#4,179
199527#3,873
199418#5,244
199325#4,095
199221#4,679
199121#4,644
199021#4,518
198918#4,842
198814#5,593
19879#7,348
198613#5,456
198516#4,633
19849#6,808
198311#5,822
198215#4,714
198115#4,745
198011#5,911
197910#6,188
197811#5,562
19770–
19767#7,294
19755#9,065
19749#5,775
197312#4,585
197213#4,299
19717#6,617
19706#7,069
196910#4,722
196812#3,999
19676#6,041
19667#5,272
196511#3,951
196414#3,514
196316#3,175
196210#4,262
196112#3,792
196012#3,687
195917#2,868
195817#2,861
195716#2,925
195622#2,388
195513#3,224
195418#2,591
19538#4,225
195210#3,551
19519#3,713
195014#2,780
194918#2,339
194815#2,588
194719#2,278
194616#2,391
194512#2,597
194423#1,741
194315#2,351
194220#1,916
194113#2,396
194012#2,423
193912#2,417
193811#2,578
193710#2,734
193610#2,688
193516#2,005
193419#1,771
19339#2,867
19328#3,272
193115#2,104
193012#2,551
192910#2,920
192818#2,022
192716#2,255
192612#2,707
192521#1,890
192423#1,810
192329#1,520
192218#2,109
192119#2,048
192021#1,889
191911#2,812
191815#2,288
191715#2,203
191610#2,832
191511#2,525
191411#2,125

Nicknames for Evelynn

Names like Evelynn

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Eden, Willow, Harper, Elodie, Maddison, Scarlett, Everly, Addison, Sienna, Emilia, Delilah, Autumn

Other spellings of Evelynn

Evelyn, Evelin, Evalyn, Evalynn, Evellyn

Names related to Evelynn

Evelina, Eveline, Evelyne, Evelyna, Evelynne

More English names

Lily, Hudson, Ivy, Grace, Violet, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter, Harrison

Every English name

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, “Evelynn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/evelynn, updated 20 October 2026.