Eva remains a common girls' name (#134 in 2025), down from a peak of #31 in 1889.
Eva is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #134 for girl births in the United States (and #311 across all names), given to 2,154 babies — 2,167 including U.S. territories. Eva first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (4,563 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,154 | 2,167 | #134 | — |
| 2024 | 2,306 | 2,320 | #120 | — |
| 2023 | 2,421 | 2,436 | #111 | #12,805 |
| 2022 | 2,576 | 2,597 | #108 | — |
| 2021 | 2,836 | 2,862 | #93 | — |
| 2020 | 2,847 | 2,867 | #93 | — |
| 2019 | 3,180 | 3,195 | #86 | — |
| 2018 | 3,569 | 3,576 | #76 | — |
| 2017 | 3,648 | 3,664 | #73 | #11,191 |
| 2016 | 3,819 | 3,843 | #74 | #12,812 |
| 2015 | 3,779 | 3,793 | #76 | #9,879 |
| 2014 | 3,693 | 3,706 | #83 | #11,147 |
| 2013 | 3,440 | 3,455 | #88 | #9,989 |
| 2012 | 3,369 | 3,382 | #86 | — |
| 2011 | 3,470 | 3,482 | #83 | — |
| 2010 | 3,280 | 3,292 | #91 | — |
| 2009 | 3,395 | 3,407 | #99 | — |
| 2008 | 2,971 | 2,971 | #114 | — |
| 2007 | 2,898 | 2,906 | #117 | #12,940 |
| 2006 | 2,789 | 2,802 | #122 | — |
| 2005 | 2,475 | 2,490 | #129 | — |
| 2004 | 1,738 | 1,750 | #198 | #7,732 |
| 2003 | 1,519 | 1,519 | #214 | — |
| 2002 | 1,334 | 1,341 | #240 | — |
| 2001 | 1,160 | 1,168 | #272 | — |
| 2000 | 1,093 | 1,103 | #294 | #10,935 |
| 1999 | 975 | 989 | #318 | — |
| 1998 | 846 | 861 | #345 | — |
| 1997 | 766 | — | #361 | — |
| 1996 | 795 | — | #349 | — |
| 1995 | 752 | — | #349 | — |
| 1994 | 769 | — | #347 | — |
| 1993 | 735 | — | #348 | — |
| 1992 | 772 | — | #340 | #6,916 |
| 1991 | 825 | — | #326 | #8,620 |
| 1990 | 789 | — | #342 | #5,518 |
| 1989 | 798 | — | #323 | #3,874 |
| 1988 | 761 | — | #328 | #5,977 |
| 1987 | 699 | — | #347 | #7,314 |
| 1986 | 738 | — | #332 | #6,186 |
| 1985 | 765 | — | #317 | #4,146 |
| 1984 | 754 | — | #318 | #3,530 |
| 1983 | 823 | — | #287 | #6,574 |
| 1982 | 852 | — | #289 | #5,204 |
| 1981 | 865 | — | #283 | #4,655 |
| 1980 | 844 | — | #298 | #5,750 |
| 1979 | 802 | — | #297 | — |
| 1978 | 854 | — | #270 | — |
| 1977 | 829 | — | #291 | #3,688 |
| 1976 | 776 | — | #298 | #5,879 |
| 1975 | 769 | — | #302 | #5,737 |
| 1974 | 849 | — | #287 | #3,009 |
| 1973 | 875 | — | #281 | #4,216 |
| 1972 | 892 | — | #287 | #4,610 |
| 1971 | 970 | — | #289 | — |
| 1970 | 1,026 | — | #285 | — |
| 1969 | 1,091 | — | #267 | — |
| 1968 | 1,051 | — | #255 | — |
| 1967 | 1,214 | — | #238 | — |
| 1966 | 1,299 | — | #233 | #3,654 |
| 1965 | 1,345 | — | #233 | #3,659 |
| 1964 | 1,436 | — | #228 | #3,383 |
| 1963 | 1,463 | — | #227 | #3,764 |
| 1962 | 1,508 | — | #220 | #3,132 |
| 1961 | 1,533 | — | #220 | — |
| 1960 | 1,691 | — | #204 | #3,787 |
| 1959 | 1,641 | — | #206 | #3,730 |
| 1958 | 1,764 | — | #193 | — |
| 1957 | 1,810 | — | #196 | #2,533 |
| 1956 | 1,927 | — | #185 | — |
| 1955 | 1,789 | — | #189 | #4,038 |
| 1954 | 1,713 | — | #187 | — |
| 1953 | 1,600 | — | #194 | #2,991 |
| 1952 | 1,713 | — | #181 | #2,742 |
| 1951 | 1,580 | — | #183 | #3,473 |
| 1950 | 1,629 | — | #175 | #3,130 |
| 1949 | 1,667 | — | #170 | — |
| 1948 | 1,783 | — | #162 | #2,857 |
| 1947 | 1,791 | — | #168 | #2,952 |
| 1946 | 1,661 | — | #161 | #2,591 |
| 1945 | 1,604 | — | #146 | #2,630 |
| 1944 | 1,667 | — | #148 | #2,521 |
| 1943 | 1,816 | — | #148 | #2,103 |
| 1942 | 1,893 | — | #140 | #1,759 |
| 1941 | 1,873 | — | #135 | #2,120 |
| 1940 | 1,901 | — | #132 | #2,225 |
| 1939 | 1,874 | — | #129 | #1,824 |
| 1938 | 1,922 | — | #126 | #1,848 |
| 1937 | 2,073 | — | #117 | #1,936 |
| 1936 | 2,012 | — | #116 | #2,342 |
| 1935 | 2,183 | — | #110 | #1,781 |
| 1934 | 2,407 | — | #100 | #1,685 |
| 1933 | 2,307 | — | #101 | #1,341 |
| 1932 | 2,535 | — | #98 | #2,132 |
| 1931 | 2,613 | — | #94 | #1,507 |
| 1930 | 3,031 | — | #86 | #2,345 |
| 1929 | 3,036 | — | #83 | #1,882 |
| 1928 | 3,228 | — | #79 | #1,995 |
| 1927 | 3,430 | — | #79 | #1,765 |
| 1926 | 3,505 | — | #79 | #2,624 |
| 1925 | 3,873 | — | #71 | #1,897 |
| 1924 | 4,082 | — | #66 | #2,273 |
| 1923 | 3,998 | — | #66 | #1,615 |
| 1922 | 4,212 | — | #64 | #1,784 |
| 1921 | 4,345 | — | #63 | #1,789 |
| 1920 | 4,508 | — | #58 | #2,838 |
| 1919 | 4,497 | — | #55 | #2,301 |
| 1918 | 4,575 | — | #55 | #2,444 |
| 1917 | 4,303 | — | #54 | #1,843 |
| 1916 | 4,355 | — | #55 | #1,722 |
| 1915 | 4,094 | — | #55 | #1,904 |
| 1914 | 3,418 | — | #52 | #1,510 |
| 1913 | 2,903 | — | #50 | #1,611 |
| 1912 | 2,648 | — | #49 | #1,450 |
| 1911 | 2,118 | — | #46 | #1,219 |
| 1910 | 2,133 | — | #45 | #1,067 |
| 1909 | 1,914 | — | #47 | #641 |
| 1908 | 1,941 | — | #46 | #850 |
| 1907 | 1,892 | — | #42 | #1,026 |
| 1906 | 1,764 | — | #42 | #1,165 |
| 1905 | 1,820 | — | #39 | #1,299 |
| 1904 | 1,868 | — | #36 | #777 |
| 1903 | 1,789 | — | #36 | #1,054 |
| 1902 | 1,735 | — | #37 | #881 |
| 1901 | 1,628 | — | #37 | #651 |
| 1900 | 2,097 | — | #33 | #990 |
| 1899 | 1,591 | — | #39 | #735 |
| 1898 | 1,830 | — | #35 | #915 |
| 1897 | 1,716 | — | #35 | #880 |
| 1896 | 1,779 | — | #32 | — |
| 1895 | 1,772 | — | #34 | #1,136 |
| 1894 | 1,681 | — | #35 | #810 |
| 1893 | 1,668 | — | #32 | — |
| 1892 | 1,611 | — | #34 | — |
| 1891 | 1,419 | — | #33 | #797 |
| 1890 | 1,447 | — | #32 | #612 |
| 1889 | 1,377 | — | #31 | #1,020 |
| 1888 | 1,329 | — | #34 | — |
| 1887 | 1,131 | — | #33 | #854 |
| 1886 | 1,155 | — | #32 | — |
| 1885 | 971 | — | #38 | — |
| 1884 | 929 | — | #38 | — |
| 1883 | 879 | — | #32 | — |
| 1882 | 765 | — | #41 | — |
| 1881 | 661 | — | #34 | — |
| 1880 | 614 | — | #41 | — |