Evelyn

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: English

Meaning

Evelyn is a matronymic English surname derived from the medieval girl's name Aveline. Since the 17th century, it has also been used as a given name. The earliest recorded bearer was Evelyn Pierrepont, who was a grandson of the Roundhead politician Sir John Evelyn.

From Wikipedia

Evelyn first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2017 with 846 babies (rank #18 that year). In 2024 it was given to 688 girls (rank #15). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Evelyn

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Evelyn yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

11,989
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
846
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199153#483
199260#448
199359#445
199467#368
199569#401
199664#418
199754#469
199860#426
199956#462
200083#332
200184#330
200288#315
2003135#198
2004157#175
2005152#187
2006174#170
2007176#177
2008236#126
2009245#119
2010286#101
2011409#62
2012428#58
2013493#47
2014620#34
2015704#28
2016805#20
2017846#18
2018845#14
2019810#16
2020735#17
2021793#15
2022756#14
2023699#16
2024688#15