Evelyn is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #20 for girl births in the United States, given to 9,131 babies. Evelyn first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1921 (14,308 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9,131 | #20 |
| 2024 | 9,152 | #21 |
| 2023 | 9,129 | #21 |
| 2022 | 9,338 | #22 |
| 2021 | 9,505 | #22 |
| 2020 | 9,524 | #24 |
| 2019 | 10,449 | #26 |
| 2018 | 10,446 | #27 |
| 2017 | 10,759 | #27 |
| 2016 | 10,124 | #41 |
| 2015 | 9,394 | #52 |
| 2014 | 8,758 | #57 |
| 2013 | 7,684 | #65 |
| 2012 | 6,893 | #91 |
| 2011 | 6,717 | #92 |
| 2010 | 5,851 | #112 |
| 2009 | 5,584 | #116 |
| 2008 | 5,111 | #147 |
| 2007 | 5,060 | #148 |
| 2006 | 4,761 | #159 |
| 2005 | 4,498 | #171 |
| 2004 | 3,774 | #196 |
| 2003 | 3,713 | #200 |
| 2002 | 3,379 | #212 |
| 2001 | 2,697 | #274 |
| 2000 | 2,223 | #328 |
| 1999 | 1,964 | #345 |
| 1998 | 1,707 | #379 |
| 1997 | 1,572 | #397 |
| 1996 | 1,605 | #387 |
| 1995 | 1,517 | #403 |
| 1994 | 1,462 | #406 |
| 1993 | 1,353 | #442 |
| 1992 | 1,432 | #417 |
| 1991 | 1,278 | #456 |
| 1990 | 1,316 | #450 |
| 1989 | 1,190 | #461 |
| 1988 | 1,139 | #455 |
| 1987 | 1,027 | #480 |
| 1986 | 1,090 | #458 |
| 1985 | 1,145 | #442 |
| 1984 | 1,061 | #458 |
| 1983 | 1,152 | #431 |
| 1982 | 1,394 | #379 |
| 1981 | 1,042 | #471 |
| 1980 | 871 | #544 |
| 1979 | 851 | #541 |
| 1978 | 820 | #535 |
| 1977 | 832 | #538 |
| 1976 | 827 | #526 |
| 1975 | 873 | #517 |
| 1974 | 951 | #491 |
| 1973 | 1,024 | #466 |
| 1972 | 1,069 | #463 |
| 1971 | 1,309 | #420 |
| 1970 | 1,475 | #400 |
| 1969 | 1,461 | #400 |
| 1968 | 1,651 | #354 |
| 1967 | 1,732 | #342 |
| 1966 | 1,881 | #329 |
| 1965 | 2,009 | #329 |
| 1964 | 2,393 | #300 |
| 1963 | 2,581 | #290 |
| 1962 | 2,788 | #282 |
| 1961 | 2,959 | #272 |
| 1960 | 3,228 | #257 |
| 1959 | 3,285 | #255 |
| 1958 | 3,291 | #256 |
| 1957 | 3,651 | #232 |
| 1956 | 3,766 | #216 |
| 1955 | 3,823 | #204 |
| 1954 | 3,965 | #200 |
| 1953 | 4,076 | #185 |
| 1952 | 4,168 | #180 |
| 1951 | 4,246 | #175 |
| 1950 | 4,285 | #170 |
| 1949 | 4,545 | #155 |
| 1948 | 4,854 | #145 |
| 1947 | 5,255 | #142 |
| 1946 | 4,911 | #129 |
| 1945 | 4,390 | #113 |
| 1944 | 4,532 | #111 |
| 1943 | 4,927 | #107 |
| 1942 | 4,959 | #105 |
| 1941 | 4,951 | #98 |
| 1940 | 5,006 | #91 |
| 1939 | 5,372 | #81 |
| 1938 | 5,711 | #76 |
| 1937 | 5,794 | #70 |
| 1936 | 6,139 | #65 |
| 1935 | 6,591 | #60 |
| 1934 | 7,018 | #56 |
| 1933 | 6,970 | #54 |
| 1932 | 7,999 | #46 |
| 1931 | 8,531 | #45 |
| 1930 | 9,586 | #39 |
| 1929 | 9,925 | #39 |
| 1928 | 10,574 | #35 |
| 1927 | 11,532 | #31 |
| 1926 | 11,820 | #31 |
| 1925 | 12,541 | #26 |
| 1924 | 13,397 | #26 |
| 1923 | 13,211 | #26 |
| 1922 | 13,351 | #26 |
| 1921 | 14,308 | #23 |
| 1920 | 13,862 | #23 |
| 1919 | 13,348 | #21 |
| 1918 | 13,524 | #21 |
| 1917 | 12,561 | #22 |
| 1916 | 11,915 | #21 |
| 1915 | 11,619 | #19 |
| 1914 | 8,525 | #22 |
| 1913 | 6,702 | #23 |
| 1912 | 5,638 | #26 |
| 1911 | 4,087 | #26 |
| 1910 | 3,791 | #25 |
| 1909 | 3,165 | #27 |
| 1908 | 2,866 | #29 |
| 1907 | 3,047 | #26 |
| 1906 | 2,087 | #44 |
| 1905 | 1,671 | #58 |
| 1904 | 1,379 | #67 |
| 1903 | 1,219 | #73 |
| 1902 | 1,156 | #78 |
| 1901 | 971 | #81 |
| 1900 | 1,123 | #94 |
| 1899 | 802 | #96 |
| 1898 | 836 | #104 |
| 1897 | 690 | #111 |
| 1896 | 646 | #117 |
| 1895 | 630 | #120 |
| 1894 | 491 | #144 |
| 1893 | 457 | #150 |
| 1892 | 418 | #161 |
| 1891 | 362 | #159 |
| 1890 | 316 | #188 |
| 1889 | 320 | #181 |
| 1888 | 237 | #220 |
| 1887 | 194 | #217 |
| 1886 | 203 | #219 |
| 1885 | 191 | #217 |
| 1884 | 170 | #225 |
| 1883 | 139 | #237 |
| 1882 | 125 | #257 |
| 1881 | 116 | #244 |
| 1880 | 122 | #241 |