Evelyn

What Evelyn means

Same root as Eileen, possibly meaning “radiance, beauty”

Doublet of Eileen || Sometimes also used for the Irish name Éibhleann, possibly from Old Irish oíph (“radiance, beauty”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Evelyn” (revision 93671139) and “Eileen” (revision 90815526), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Evelyn?

US: Rising: up from #15 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #28 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1919, when 13,321 girls got the name (#11 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 176 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 162 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 365 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 VT (27.72 per 1,000 girls), WY (23.43 per 1,000 girls), AK (15.73 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Evelyn is #8 in the US and #12 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 Evelyn 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

• Evelynn1,012 US · 26 E&W
• Evalyn151 US · 19 E&W
• Evalynn149 US
• Avalyn136 US · 5 E&W
• Evelin86 US · 27 E&W
• Evelyne42 US · 17 E&W
• Evelynne52 US · 4 E&W
• Eveline36 US · 16 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 Evelyn

Girls

• Kinsley#93“Royal (a man's name) + s + woodland clearing”^*
• Adeline#59Form of Adela, meaning “noble”^*
• Adelaide#289“noble + nature, character”^*
• Emery#74Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #74 vs #1,197 in 2025
• Elliott#599“my God is Yahweh”^*
• Hadley#121“heath + woodland clearing”^*

For a brother

• Nolan#65“descendant of Nuallán”^*
• Emerson#254Editor’s note Up from #300 in 2015 to #254 in 2025 in the US
• Hudson#17Editor’s note Up from #65 in 2015 to #17 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 200 US boys in the 2025 records
• Archer#98Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #289 in 2015, #98 in 2025
• Lennon#807“descendant of Lover (Leannán)”^*
• Bruno#740“brown”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, Germanic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Evelyn’s. Rank is US 2025.