Evey
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EE-vee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Evey is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “life”. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Evey mean?
Hebrew: pet form of Eve, also used for Evelyn
“life”
Evey Hammond is the young heroine of Alan Moore's graphic novel V for Vendetta.
Is Evey a girl's or a boy's name?
Evey is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Evey in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Evey in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Evey in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
How popular is Evey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,131st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Evey, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,004th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 63 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Evey than any year since 2005.
Half of all the girls named Evey in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,390 girls in the US were given Evey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #251, up from #7,131 for this spelling alone.
Evey in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 28 | #4,790 |
| 2021 | 35 | #4,087 |
| 2020 | 35 | #4,004 |
| 2019 | 31 | #4,436 |
| 2018 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2017 | 50 | #3,192 |
| 2016 | 55 | #3,010 |
| 2015 | 54 | #3,092 |
| 2014 | 46 | #3,423 |
| 2013 | 62 | #2,768 |
| 2012 | 58 | #2,934 |
| 2011 | 54 | #3,091 |
| 2010 | 54 | #3,074 |
| 2009 | 57 | #2,999 |
| 2008 | 47 | #3,477 |
| 2007 | 63 | #2,858 |
| 2006 | 33 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
Names like Evey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eden, Lainey, Riley, Ellie, Tilly, Miley, Lily, Eilidh, Ava, Evie, Orla, Isla
Other spellings of Evey
Names related to Evey
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
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, “Evey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/evey, updated 20 October 2026.