Evalyn
- Pronunciation
- [E-va-lyn]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Form Of Evelyn. Life.
- Origin
- English
Evalyn Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 9,415 baby girls have been named Evalyn. The name peaked in 2014 with 331 US births that year (rank #836). In 2024, ranked #1351 nationally — 515 places below its 2014 peak.
Top States for Evalyn
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Evalyn births are: Texas (687), California (685), Pennsylvania (405).
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6-Letter Names Starting with E
Names with Evalyn's exact length and starting letter: Eachan, Eadger, Eadlin, Eadlyn, Eadric.
Quick Facts About Evalyn
US Popularity History (2012–2018)
Annual US births named Evalyn by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2014 with 331 girls named Evalyn (girl rank #836 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2018, ranked #995 for girls (263 US births). That's 159 places below its 2014 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Evalyn Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Evalyn the strongest states are Oregon, Idaho, Iowa.
Strongest girls-name states
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | #1,076 | 119 |
| 2 | Texas | #899 | 161 |
| 3 | Ohio | #835 | 58 |
| 4 | Colorado | #797 | 44 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | #781 | 49 |
| 6 | Arizona | #778 | 25 |
| 7 | Minnesota | #760 | 38 |
| 8 | Missouri | #739 | 38 |
| 9 | Washington | #734 | 73 |
| 10 | Indiana | #717 | 36 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Evalyn in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aveline | Nut | Female | French |
| Evaleen | Form Of Evelyn. Life. | Female | English |
| Evaline | Form Of Evelyn. Life. | Female | English |
| Eveleen | Irish Form Of Evelina Giver Of Life | Female | Irish |
| Evelin | Form Of Evelyn. Life. | Female | English |
| Eveline | Light | Female | Romanian |
| Evelyne | Form Of Evelyn. Life. | Female | English |
| Evelynn | Form Of Evelyn. Life. | Female | English |
| Evelynne | Form Of Evelyn. Life. | Female | English |
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Compare Evalyn to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Evalyn against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).