Names like Evelyn

In 2025, 9,123 girls born in the US were named Evelyn, #8 among girls' names.

It has been in the top 1,000 every year since records begin in 1880, and in the top 100 in 84 of those 146 years.

It was also #8 in 2024.

The most births in one year were 14,278, in 1921.

10 of the 12 names below have also been in the top 1,000 every year since 1880.

Evelyn's rank every ten years

1. 1880
   #133
2. 1890
   #125
3. 1900
   #70
4. 1910
   #17
5. 1920
   #12
6. 1930
   #19
7. 1940
   #48
8. 1950
   #86
9. 1960
   #137
10. 1970
    #215
11. 1980
    #288
12. 1990
    #220
13. 2000
    #150
14. 2010
    #39
15. 2020
    #9
16. 2025
    #8

12 girl names with a similar curve

How this list was made

We compared Evelyn's rank in every year from 1880 to 2025 with every other girl's name in the 2025 top 1,000 (US Social Security birth records); the closest curves come first. Years outside the top 1,000 count the same however far outside, years since 1995 count four times as much, and each name appears in one spelling.