US baby names · Girls · 1880–2025
Evelyn: name popularity by year
How often US parents chose Evelyn for a baby girl, year by year, from Social Security Administration records. When it peaked, how long it stayed in the top 10, and which generation it belongs to.
Evelyn was one of the 10 most common girls' names in the US in 10 years, between 1915 and 2025, reaching #8. Births peaked in 1921, when 14,278 baby girls were named Evelyn, so by peak year it is a Greatest Generation name.
Evelyn in the US top 10, by year
Rank among girls' names, #1 at the top. Blank years: outside the top 10. Dashed line: the year with the most babies named Evelyn (1921).
Top-10 years by generation
| Generation | Years in top 10 | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| Greatest Generation | 1 (1915) | #10 |
| Generation Alpha | 8 (2017–2024) | #8 |
| Generation Beta | 1 (2025) | #8 |
Every top-10 year
Questions people ask
When was the name Evelyn most popular?
By number of babies, in 1921, when 14,278 girls were given the name. By rank, it reached #8 and spent 10 years in the top 10.
What generation is the name Evelyn?
Its peak year, 1921, falls in Greatest Generation (1901–1927). Its 10 top-10 years fall in: Greatest Generation (1), Generation Alpha (8), Generation Beta (1).
How many people have been named Evelyn?
SSA counted 639,756 girls named Evelyn born from 1880 to 2025. That is births, not people alive today, and it misses many people born before 1937 who never applied for a Social Security card.
In the top 10 at the same time
Source: US Social Security Administration baby-name data, from Social Security card applications for births in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, 1880–2025. Many people born before 1937 never applied for a card, so early years undercount. Spellings are counted separately. We hold each year's top 10 in rank order and each name's peak-year and all-time counts, so the chart shows rank rather than births per year. This page gives no meaning or origin for the name and no estimate of how many people named Evelyn are alive today.