Evelynn
Evelynn is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Evelynn
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Evelynn is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Evelynn
Evelynn first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1914, with 11 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2019, when 1,030 Evelynns were born — ranking #311 that year. As of 2026, Evelynn ranks #307 for baby girls with 1,011 births, holding steady (+1%). In total, more than 17K Evelynns have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Evelynn
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About the name Evelynn
Evelynn is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1914 and has accumulated 17K births in the dataset. Evelynn's peak popularity came in 2019 when it ranked #304. Use the chart and map above to compare Evelynn's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.