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Eva: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 2,154 in 2025. Its best rank was #31 in 1889.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #31 in 1889; #134 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Eva in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#134 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1889, at #31.
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Eva: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 2,154 girls in 2025. Peak: #31 in 1889 · most girls in one year: 4,563 (1918).
In 2025, 2,154 US girls were named Eva, making it the 134th most common girls’ name of the year, down 14 places from #120 in 2024. That is 152 fewer than the 2,306 girls named Eva in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #31, reached in 1889. The most girls given the name in a single year was 4,563, in 1918. For comparison, it was #76 in 2015 and #175 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Eva in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 614 babies with the name. In all, 285,768 US babies have been given the name, 99.6% of them girls and 0.4% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 38,217 babies named Eva.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 29,340 US girls were named Eva; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 3,814. In 2025 that was about 1 in 746 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Eva ranked highest in District of Columbia in 2025, at #59 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 7 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Ava (344,441 babies since 1880), Eve (29,510 babies since 1880), Evita (1,247 babies since 1880) and Iva (38,961 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Ivah, Evah and Evi are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Eve.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Arabic, Czech, Dutch, Estonian, German, Italian, Latvian, Slovene and Spanish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Ivah (908), Evah (782), Evi (448), Evva (374), Ewa (296), Eeva (177), Euva (107), Evaya (82), Eyva (77), Ieva (53), Yva (36), Eiva (11), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 5 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 11 | #59 | #49 |
| Maine | 13 | #75 | #65 |
| New York | 166 | #83 | #59 |
| Florida | 186 | #86 | #57 |
| Maryland | 46 | #92 | #104 |
| New Mexico | 14 | #95 | #85 |
| Massachusetts | 56 | #99 | #46 |
| Nevada | 21 | #101 | #112 |
| California | 289 | #102 | #65 |
| New Jersey | 71 | #102 | #54 |
| Kansas | 28 | #113 | #70 |
| Georgia | 82 | #117 | #109 |
| Alaska | 6 | #118 | #193 |
| Virginia | 60 | #123 | #89 |
| Connecticut | 24 | #124 | #78 |
| Colorado | 43 | #127 | #64 |
| Wisconsin | 41 | #128 | #66 |
| Alabama | 33 | #136 | #91 |
| Washington | 49 | #141 | #73 |
| Indiana | 46 | #148 | #66 |
| Utah | 29 | #153 | #60 |
| Illinois | 64 | #154 | #96 |
| Pennsylvania | 71 | #156 | #70 |
| Texas | 205 | #158 | #102 |
| Michigan | 54 | #159 | #97 |
| Rhode Island | 6 | #160 | #108 |
| Iowa | 20 | #161 | #49 |
| Ohio | 68 | #162 | #97 |
| North Dakota | 6 | #173 | #72 |
| Kentucky | 26 | #178 | #122 |
| Hawaii | 5 | #182 | #107 |
| New Hampshire | 7 | #182 | #64 |
| Missouri | 33 | #186 | #87 |
| Nebraska | 12 | #189 | #75 |
| Delaware | 5 | #190 | #159 |
| Arizona | 35 | #193 | #82 |
| Oregon | 19 | #193 | #47 |
| Oklahoma | 20 | #200 | #101 |
| Mississippi | 13 | #205 | #133 |
| Minnesota | 27 | #205 | #64 |
| South Carolina | 22 | #219 | #108 |
| Tennessee | 36 | #220 | #125 |
| North Carolina | 46 | #235 | #96 |
| Idaho | 9 | #257 | #149 |
| West Virginia | 5 | #328 | #136 |
| Louisiana | 13 | #354 | #107 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,154 | #134 | — | — |
| 2024 | 2,306 | #120 | — | — |
| 2023 | 2,416 | #111 | 5 | #12,805 |
| 2022 | 2,576 | #108 | — | — |
| 2021 | 2,836 | #93 | — | — |
| 2020 | 2,847 | #93 | — | — |
| 2019 | 3,180 | #86 | — | — |
| 2018 | 3,569 | #76 | — | — |
| 2017 | 3,642 | #73 | 6 | #11,191 |
| 2016 | 3,814 | #74 | 5 | #12,812 |
| 2015 | 3,772 | #76 | 7 | #9,879 |
| 2014 | 3,687 | #83 | 6 | #11,147 |
| 2013 | 3,433 | #88 | 7 | #9,989 |
| 2012 | 3,369 | #86 | — | — |
| 2011 | 3,470 | #83 | — | — |
| 2010 | 3,280 | #91 | — | — |
| 2009 | 3,395 | #99 | — | — |
| 2008 | 2,971 | #114 | — | — |
| 2007 | 2,893 | #117 | 5 | #12,940 |
| 2006 | 2,789 | #122 | — | — |
| 2005 | 2,475 | #129 | — | — |
| 2004 | 1,729 | #198 | 9 | #7,732 |
| 2003 | 1,519 | #214 | — | — |
| 2002 | 1,334 | #240 | — | — |
| 2001 | 1,160 | #272 | — | — |
| 2000 | 1,088 | #294 | 5 | #10,935 |
| 1999 | 975 | #318 | — | — |
| 1998 | 846 | #345 | — | — |
| 1997 | 766 | #361 | — | — |
| 1996 | 795 | #349 | — | — |
| 1995 | 752 | #349 | — | — |
| 1994 | 769 | #347 | — | — |
| 1993 | 735 | #348 | — | — |
| 1992 | 765 | #340 | 7 | #6,916 |
| 1991 | 820 | #326 | 5 | #8,620 |
| 1990 | 780 | #342 | 9 | #5,518 |
| 1989 | 784 | #323 | 14 | #3,874 |
| 1988 | 754 | #328 | 7 | #5,977 |
| 1987 | 694 | #347 | 5 | #7,314 |
| 1986 | 732 | #332 | 6 | #6,186 |
| 1985 | 755 | #317 | 10 | #4,146 |
| 1984 | 742 | #318 | 12 | #3,530 |
| 1983 | 818 | #287 | 5 | #6,574 |
| 1982 | 845 | #289 | 7 | #5,204 |
| 1981 | 857 | #283 | 8 | #4,655 |
| 1980 | 838 | #298 | 6 | #5,750 |
| 1979 | 802 | #297 | — | — |
| 1978 | 854 | #270 | — | — |
| 1977 | 819 | #291 | 10 | #3,688 |
| 1976 | 771 | #298 | 5 | #5,879 |
| 1975 | 764 | #302 | 5 | #5,737 |
| 1974 | 837 | #287 | 12 | #3,009 |
| 1973 | 868 | #281 | 7 | #4,216 |
| 1972 | 886 | #287 | 6 | #4,610 |
| 1971 | 970 | #289 | — | — |
| 1970 | 1,026 | #285 | — | — |
| 1969 | 1,091 | #267 | — | — |
| 1968 | 1,051 | #255 | — | — |
| 1967 | 1,214 | #238 | — | — |
| 1966 | 1,293 | #233 | 6 | #3,654 |
| 1965 | 1,339 | #233 | 6 | #3,659 |
| 1964 | 1,429 | #228 | 7 | #3,383 |
| 1963 | 1,457 | #227 | 6 | #3,764 |
| 1962 | 1,500 | #220 | 8 | #3,132 |
| 1961 | 1,533 | #220 | — | — |
| 1960 | 1,685 | #204 | 6 | #3,787 |
| 1959 | 1,635 | #206 | 6 | #3,730 |
| 1958 | 1,764 | #193 | — | — |
| 1957 | 1,799 | #196 | 11 | #2,533 |
| 1956 | 1,927 | #185 | — | — |
| 1955 | 1,784 | #189 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1954 | 1,713 | #187 | — | — |
| 1953 | 1,592 | #194 | 8 | #2,991 |
| 1952 | 1,704 | #181 | 9 | #2,742 |
| 1951 | 1,574 | #183 | 6 | #3,473 |
| 1950 | 1,622 | #175 | 7 | #3,130 |
| 1949 | 1,667 | #170 | — | — |
| 1948 | 1,775 | #162 | 8 | #2,857 |
| 1947 | 1,783 | #168 | 8 | #2,952 |
| 1946 | 1,652 | #161 | 9 | #2,591 |
| 1945 | 1,596 | #146 | 8 | #2,630 |
| 1944 | 1,658 | #148 | 9 | #2,521 |
| 1943 | 1,803 | #148 | 13 | #2,103 |
| 1942 | 1,876 | #140 | 17 | #1,759 |
| 1941 | 1,861 | #135 | 12 | #2,120 |
| 1940 | 1,890 | #132 | 11 | #2,225 |
| 1939 | 1,859 | #129 | 15 | #1,824 |
| 1938 | 1,907 | #126 | 15 | #1,848 |
| 1937 | 2,059 | #117 | 14 | #1,936 |
| 1936 | 2,002 | #116 | 10 | #2,342 |
| 1935 | 2,167 | #110 | 16 | #1,781 |
| 1934 | 2,389 | #100 | 18 | #1,685 |
| 1933 | 2,282 | #101 | 25 | #1,341 |
| 1932 | 2,522 | #98 | 13 | #2,132 |
| 1931 | 2,591 | #94 | 22 | #1,507 |
| 1930 | 3,019 | #86 | 12 | #2,345 |
| 1929 | 3,019 | #83 | 17 | #1,882 |
| 1928 | 3,212 | #79 | 16 | #1,995 |
| 1927 | 3,410 | #79 | 20 | #1,765 |
| 1926 | 3,494 | #79 | 11 | #2,624 |
| 1925 | 3,855 | #71 | 18 | #1,897 |
| 1924 | 4,068 | #66 | 14 | #2,273 |
| 1923 | 3,975 | #66 | 23 | #1,615 |
| 1922 | 4,192 | #64 | 20 | #1,784 |
| 1921 | 4,325 | #63 | 20 | #1,789 |
| 1920 | 4,498 | #58 | 10 | #2,838 |
| 1919 | 4,484 | #55 | 13 | #2,301 |
| 1918 | 4,563 | #55 | 12 | #2,444 |
| 1917 | 4,286 | #54 | 17 | #1,843 |
| 1916 | 4,337 | #55 | 18 | #1,722 |
| 1915 | 4,079 | #55 | 15 | #1,904 |
| 1914 | 3,401 | #52 | 17 | #1,510 |
| 1913 | 2,891 | #50 | 12 | #1,611 |
| 1912 | 2,636 | #49 | 12 | #1,450 |
| 1911 | 2,109 | #46 | 9 | #1,219 |
| 1910 | 2,123 | #45 | 10 | #1,067 |
| 1909 | 1,896 | #47 | 18 | #641 |
| 1908 | 1,930 | #46 | 11 | #850 |
| 1907 | 1,884 | #42 | 8 | #1,026 |
| 1906 | 1,758 | #42 | 6 | #1,165 |
| 1905 | 1,815 | #39 | 5 | #1,299 |
| 1904 | 1,858 | #36 | 10 | #777 |
| 1903 | 1,783 | #36 | 6 | #1,054 |
| 1902 | 1,727 | #37 | 8 | #881 |
| 1901 | 1,617 | #37 | 11 | #651 |
| 1900 | 2,089 | #33 | 8 | #990 |
| 1899 | 1,582 | #39 | 9 | #735 |
| 1898 | 1,823 | #35 | 7 | #915 |
| 1897 | 1,709 | #35 | 7 | #880 |
| 1896 | 1,779 | #32 | — | — |
| 1895 | 1,767 | #34 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1894 | 1,673 | #35 | 8 | #810 |
| 1893 | 1,668 | #32 | — | — |
| 1892 | 1,611 | #34 | — | — |
| 1891 | 1,412 | #33 | 7 | #797 |
| 1890 | 1,436 | #32 | 11 | #612 |
| 1889 | 1,372 | #31 | 5 | #1,020 |
| 1888 | 1,329 | #34 | — | — |
| 1887 | 1,125 | #33 | 6 | #854 |
| 1886 | 1,155 | #32 | — | — |
| 1885 | 971 | #38 | — | — |
| 1884 | 929 | #38 | — | — |
| 1883 | 879 | #32 | — | — |
| 1882 | 765 | #41 | — | — |
| 1881 | 661 | #34 | — | — |
| 1880 | 614 | #41 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).