Eva

What Eva means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Eva yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Down from #76 in 2015 to #134 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Eva?

US: Falling: down from #76 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #29 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1886, when 1,155 girls got the name (#32 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 746 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 334 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 308 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in DC (5.45 per 1,000 girls), ME (4.17 per 1,000 girls), AK (3.63 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Eva is #134 in the US and #58 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Eva were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Ava7,732 US · 1,611 E&W
• Ivy5,117 US · 1,698 E&W
• Eve577 US · 159 E&W
• Avah150 US · 20 E&W
• Iva117 US · 9 E&W
• Ayva72 US · 33 E&W
• Evy39 US · 5 E&W
• Efa0 US · 42 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Eva

Girls

• Harmony#276From the word “harmony”^*
• Norah#262Form of Eleanor, possibly meaning “other”^*
• Lola#275Editor’s note Down from #224 in 2015 to #275 in 2025 in the US
• Bella#136Form of Isabel, meaning “my God is an oath”^*
• Lila#186“lilac”^*
• Layla#36Editor’s note Down from #30 in 2015 to #36 in 2025 in the US

For a brother

• Eli#104“ascent”^*
• Jude#155possibly “praised”^*
• Cash#287Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #287 vs #2,014 in 2025
• Ryder#132From a surname for “a rider, cavalryman, or knight”^*
• Zayden#213Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 2000, with 11 babies
• Jace#114Diminutive of Jason, meaning “I heal”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Eva’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.