Eve

What Eve means

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

Editor’s note Down from #470 in 2015 to #519 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Eve?

US: Falling: down from #470 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #161 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2018, when 723 girls got the name (#441 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 2,786 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,593 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 577 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 (2.97 per 1,000 girls), RI (2.04 per 1,000 girls), ME (1.61 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Eve is #519 in the US and #287 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 Eve 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
• Eva2,154 US · 758 E&W
• Ivey282 US · 11 E&W
• Iva117 US · 9 E&W
• Evy39 US · 5 E&W
• Efa0 US · 42 E&W
• Ivee32 US · 3 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 Eve

Girls

• Lydia#92“the region of Lydia”^*
• Selah#216“to hang”^*
• Lilith#277Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #586 in 2015, #277 in 2025
• Azaria#638Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1988, with 6 babies
• Lilah#179Editor’s note Up from #314 in 2015 to #179 in 2025 in the US
• Sarai#424“master, chief”^*

For a brother

• Simon#230“sixpence coin”^*
• Zion#142Editor’s note Up from #227 in 2015 to #142 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 680 US boys in the 2025 records
• Moses#515Editor’s note Down from #468 in 2015 to #515 in 2025 in the US
• Josiah#54Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #54 vs #226 in 2025
• Abraham#209“father of + multitude of”^*
• Johan#572Variant of Joan, meaning “God is gracious”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Bible, Hebrew, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Eve’s. Rank is US 2025.