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Evelyn
Rank in 2024
#11,883
Born in 2024
6
Peak year
1930 · #963
Origin
Germanic
Also recorded for girls:9,116 in 2024 (#8)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 6 boys were named Evelyn, about 1 in every 285,886.
- It peaked in 1930 with 50 babies, ranked #963.
- It first shows up in the records in 1900.
- 1,898 boys have been named Evelyn since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Evelyn per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 567 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Silent: 537 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Boomers: 270 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 106 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 201 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 99 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 111 babies, 0.01 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Middle English forms of the Old French female name Aveline, diminutive of the Germanic root *avi-, of uncertain meaning, possibly “desired, wished for“ (compare Latin avēre, "to wish for") or aval “strength”. By folk etymology also misunderstood as a diminutive of the feminine given name Eve, q.v. Doublet of Eileen. Also compare Ava.
- A female given name from the Germanic languages.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- Origin
- Germanic
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Evelyn, CC BY-SA 4.0.