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Evelyn: U.S. name history
Published Social Security birth-name counts for the exact spelling Evelyn in the female recorded field, 1880–2025.
In the latest file, Evelyn was at position 8 among published female-field spellings, with 9,123 recorded births. That is down 23 from 9,146 in 2024. Its first released row in this archive is from 1880; a missing earlier row does not establish when the name began to exist.
What the historical pattern shows
Evelyn had an early twentieth-century peak: its highest published annual count in this archive was in 1921, and it was position 12 in 1925. By 1975 it had fallen to position 280.
The later return brought Evelyn to eighth in 2025. Its current rank can look similar to its earlier rank while the counts differ substantially. Historical comparisons work best when the exact year and spelling are kept visible.
Selected annual records
| Birth year | Published count | Position* |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 122 | 133 |
| 1900 | 1,116 | 70 |
| 1921 | 14,278 | 12 |
| 1925 | 12,505 | 12 |
| 1950 | 4,275 | 86 |
| 1975 | 868 | 280 |
| 1990 | 1,302 | 220 |
| 2000 | 2,223 | 150 |
| 2010 | 5,843 | 39 |
| 2015 | 9,377 | 15 |
| 2020 | 9,517 | 9 |
| 2024 | 9,146 | 8 |
| 2025 | 9,123 | 8 |
*Position is calculated from the published entries in one year and field, ordered by count; it is not an official SSA rank. Counts are not adjusted for population or coverage. SSA suppresses small cells, so no row does not mean zero births.
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Sources: SSA national data and suppression rules · our data method. Data reviewed 1 November 2026.