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 1996 and has been recorded in 29 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2017 with 1,967 babies (rank #22 that year). In 2024 it was given to 1,512 girls (rank #20). 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.

26,911
Total babies (all years)
29
Years in the data
1,967
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
199680#404
199778#408
199885#380
199995#340
200087#372
2001161#246
2002201#213
2003254#184
2004338#157
2005388#139
2006428#127
2007534#100
2008660#89
2009723#85
2010701#87
2011871#65
20121,034#57
20131,227#45
20141,506#31
20151,770#28
20161,877#27
20171,967#22
20181,902#19
20191,761#20
20201,709#21
20211,729#21
20221,560#22
20231,673#13
20241,512#20