Evelyn
Few names outrank Evelyn this year, it stands #8, sitting where it has sat for years. Its high-water mark came in 1921, which makes it a grandparent-generation name enjoying its afterlife.
What Evelyn carries
Evelyn · Latin
“hazel nut”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Evelyn’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Evelyn, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Evelyn since 1880
Evelyn peaked in 1921 at #12; #8 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Evelyn is most common
Evelyn is most common in Vermont: 2.77% of the state's recorded girls' names in 2025. Wyoming (2.34%) and Alaska (1.57%) follow.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Evelyn
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Emily
#34 in 2025 · Latin
Emilia
#45 in 2025 · Latin
Clara
#63 in 2025 · Latin
Vivian
#72 in 2025 · Latin
Rose
#114 in 2025 · Latin
Eleanor
#12 in 2025 · Greek
Aurora
#15 in 2025 · Latin
Emilio
#154 in 2025 · Latin
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About Evelyn
How common is Evelyn today?
Few names outrank Evelyn this year, it stands #8, sitting where it has sat for years. The chart above draws the whole run since 1880, from the Social Security Administration's public data.
What is the recorded meaning of Evelyn?
“hazel nut” is the meaning our source sets down, of Latin origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Is there a sibling name for Evelyn?
By our fixed recipe the closest are Emily, Emilia and Clara, scored on origin, era, shape and how common they are. The sibling matcher runs the same recipe against the names already in your house.
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