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 1953 and has been recorded in 62 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1970 with 98 babies (rank #197 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

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.

1,686
Total babies (all years)
62
Years in the data
98
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
195319#452
19549#622
195522#424
195619#459
195722#437
195823#429
195928#414
196029#409
196120#507
196229#420
196344#332
196438#372
196530#414
196644#338
196755#295
196859#281
196971#251
197098#197
197189#204
197262#261
197365#234
197457#250
197538#320
197647#268
197728#381
197832#356
197929#373
198037#332
198132#365
198233#351
198333#345
198421#483
198518#549
198618#545
198719#545
198818#560
198920#520
199020#554
199126#473
199217#601
199321#550
199414#677
199510#790
19967#933
19979#841
199816#613
199914#665
200011#771
200113#675
20029#828
20039#808
200413#659
200510#740
200615#573
200712#642
20087#851
200913#597
201019#479
201110#653
201216#485
201314#513
20146#763