Meaning not yet researched.
Evangeline: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,998 in 2025. Its best rank was #147 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. Every baby recorded as Evangeline in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#147 for US girls in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Evangeline: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,998 girls in 2025. Peak: #147 in 2025 · most girls in one year: 1,998 (2025).
In 2025, 1,998 US girls were named Evangeline, making it the 147th most common girls’ name of the year, up 26 places from #173 in 2024. That is 246 more than the 1,752 girls named Evangeline in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #147, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most girls given the name: 1,998. For comparison, it was #260 in 2015 and #734 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Evangeline in 145 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1881 with 6 babies. In all, 36,771 US babies have been given the name, all of them girls. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 11,610 babies named Evangeline.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 13,771 US girls were named Evangeline; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 1,998. In 2025 that was about 1 in 804 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Evangeline ranked highest in Idaho in 2025, at #61 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 6 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Evangelina (10,319 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Evangelyn, Evangelene and Evangaline are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Ev, Evan and Vangie.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Evangelyn (424), Evangelene (196), Evangaline (175), Evangelyne (140), Evangelynn (88), Evangelin (86), Eveangeline (10), Evangalene (5).
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 4 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | 28 | #61 | #224 |
| Louisiana | 49 | #75 | #112 |
| Connecticut | 32 | #80 | #238 |
| Nevada | 25 | #84 | #331 |
| Colorado | 55 | #92 | #197 |
| Alaska | 7 | #96 | #150 |
| Arkansas | 27 | #101 | #331 |
| Texas | 274 | #105 | #336 |
| Maine | 10 | #106 | #89 |
| California | 263 | #113 | #264 |
| Kansas | 28 | #114 | #153 |
| Hawaii | 7 | #119 | #170 |
| Rhode Island | 7 | #130 | — |
| Alabama | 34 | #133 | #367 |
| Tennessee | 54 | #136 | #406 |
| Arizona | 47 | #136 | #276 |
| Oregon | 24 | #146 | #133 |
| Florida | 118 | #150 | #282 |
| New Hampshire | 8 | #157 | #196 |
| Oklahoma | 24 | #158 | #173 |
| Wisconsin | 33 | #160 | #248 |
| Maryland | 31 | #160 | #399 |
| District of Columbia | 5 | #161 | — |
| New Jersey | 50 | #162 | #261 |
| Virginia | 49 | #165 | #210 |
| Missouri | 37 | #167 | #317 |
| Pennsylvania | 67 | #167 | #251 |
| New Mexico | 9 | #168 | #252 |
| New York | 97 | #168 | #287 |
| South Dakota | 7 | #170 | — |
| Nebraska | 13 | #173 | #449 |
| Montana | 6 | #179 | #236 |
| Kentucky | 25 | #187 | #521 |
| Minnesota | 29 | #188 | #389 |
| South Carolina | 25 | #190 | #438 |
| North Carolina | 55 | #198 | #306 |
| Massachusetts | 28 | #199 | #330 |
| Illinois | 49 | #205 | #294 |
| Iowa | 16 | #206 | #238 |
| Washington | 34 | #212 | #156 |
| Indiana | 32 | #219 | #224 |
| Mississippi | 12 | #222 | — |
| Georgia | 47 | #225 | #469 |
| Ohio | 47 | #236 | #282 |
| West Virginia | 7 | #242 | — |
| Michigan | 37 | #246 | #347 |
| Utah | 17 | #264 | #156 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,998 | #147 | — | — |
| 2024 | 1,752 | #173 | — | — |
| 2023 | 1,417 | #212 | — | — |
| 2022 | 1,190 | #266 | — | — |
| 2021 | 1,281 | #236 | — | — |
| 2020 | 1,174 | #258 | — | — |
| 2019 | 1,226 | #270 | — | — |
| 2018 | 1,195 | #276 | — | — |
| 2017 | 1,199 | #267 | — | — |
| 2016 | 1,339 | #241 | — | — |
| 2015 | 1,221 | #260 | — | — |
| 2014 | 1,189 | #276 | — | — |
| 2013 | 1,067 | #300 | — | — |
| 2012 | 1,097 | #288 | — | — |
| 2011 | 1,111 | #285 | — | — |
| 2010 | 966 | #333 | — | — |
| 2009 | 742 | #430 | — | — |
| 2008 | 699 | #451 | — | — |
| 2007 | 702 | #459 | — | — |
| 2006 | 486 | #598 | — | — |
| 2005 | 189 | #1,210 | — | — |
| 2004 | 107 | #1,784 | — | — |
| 2003 | 104 | #1,803 | — | — |
| 2002 | 91 | #1,942 | — | — |
| 2001 | 108 | #1,675 | — | — |
| 2000 | 95 | #1,821 | — | — |
| 1999 | 84 | #1,878 | — | — |
| 1998 | 85 | #1,820 | — | — |
| 1997 | 78 | #1,889 | — | — |
| 1996 | 84 | #1,769 | — | — |
| 1995 | 86 | #1,707 | — | — |
| 1994 | 65 | #2,108 | — | — |
| 1993 | 59 | #2,225 | — | — |
| 1992 | 54 | #2,407 | — | — |
| 1991 | 67 | #2,038 | — | — |
| 1990 | 54 | #2,327 | — | — |
| 1989 | 52 | #2,283 | — | — |
| 1988 | 60 | #1,995 | — | — |
| 1987 | 48 | #2,244 | — | — |
| 1986 | 49 | #2,154 | — | — |
| 1985 | 52 | #2,056 | — | — |
| 1984 | 52 | #1,971 | — | — |
| 1983 | 61 | #1,754 | — | — |
| 1982 | 67 | #1,686 | — | — |
| 1981 | 63 | #1,771 | — | — |
| 1980 | 58 | #1,869 | — | — |
| 1979 | 69 | #1,630 | — | — |
| 1978 | 60 | #1,732 | — | — |
| 1977 | 70 | #1,542 | — | — |
| 1976 | 76 | #1,401 | — | — |
| 1975 | 77 | #1,376 | — | — |
| 1974 | 73 | #1,403 | — | — |
| 1973 | 78 | #1,306 | — | — |
| 1972 | 104 | #1,091 | — | — |
| 1971 | 99 | #1,167 | — | — |
| 1970 | 115 | #1,062 | — | — |
| 1969 | 80 | #1,251 | — | — |
| 1968 | 104 | #1,017 | — | — |
| 1967 | 96 | #1,060 | — | — |
| 1966 | 116 | #947 | — | — |
| 1965 | 113 | #967 | — | — |
| 1964 | 131 | #915 | — | — |
| 1963 | 144 | #875 | — | — |
| 1962 | 134 | #914 | — | — |
| 1961 | 143 | #904 | — | — |
| 1960 | 121 | #973 | — | — |
| 1959 | 125 | #938 | — | — |
| 1958 | 141 | #859 | — | — |
| 1957 | 146 | #842 | — | — |
| 1956 | 142 | #832 | — | — |
| 1955 | 146 | #799 | — | — |
| 1954 | 150 | #760 | — | — |
| 1953 | 122 | #838 | — | — |
| 1952 | 165 | #697 | — | — |
| 1951 | 137 | #751 | — | — |
| 1950 | 137 | #734 | — | — |
| 1949 | 142 | #712 | — | — |
| 1948 | 126 | #762 | — | — |
| 1947 | 136 | #734 | — | — |
| 1946 | 154 | #636 | — | — |
| 1945 | 109 | #714 | — | — |
| 1944 | 132 | #640 | — | — |
| 1943 | 134 | #654 | — | — |
| 1942 | 151 | #607 | — | — |
| 1941 | 148 | #574 | — | — |
| 1940 | 172 | #523 | — | — |
| 1939 | 144 | #560 | — | — |
| 1938 | 164 | #527 | — | — |
| 1937 | 183 | #483 | — | — |
| 1936 | 161 | #516 | — | — |
| 1935 | 199 | #453 | — | — |
| 1934 | 187 | #474 | — | — |
| 1933 | 207 | #455 | — | — |
| 1932 | 217 | #448 | — | — |
| 1931 | 232 | #427 | — | — |
| 1930 | 279 | #402 | — | — |
| 1929 | 241 | #427 | — | — |
| 1928 | 227 | #455 | — | — |
| 1927 | 273 | #416 | — | — |
| 1926 | 221 | #465 | — | — |
| 1925 | 198 | #499 | — | — |
| 1924 | 258 | #435 | — | — |
| 1923 | 239 | #437 | — | — |
| 1922 | 262 | #406 | — | — |
| 1921 | 258 | #420 | — | — |
| 1920 | 267 | #407 | — | — |
| 1919 | 231 | #434 | — | — |
| 1918 | 222 | #447 | — | — |
| 1917 | 208 | #445 | — | — |
| 1916 | 176 | #482 | — | — |
| 1915 | 188 | #447 | — | — |
| 1914 | 135 | #471 | — | — |
| 1913 | 139 | #418 | — | — |
| 1912 | 107 | #458 | — | — |
| 1911 | 70 | #493 | — | — |
| 1910 | 76 | #458 | — | — |
| 1909 | 72 | #436 | — | — |
| 1908 | 56 | #482 | — | — |
| 1907 | 62 | #457 | — | — |
| 1906 | 48 | #500 | — | — |
| 1905 | 45 | #507 | — | — |
| 1904 | 48 | #475 | — | — |
| 1903 | 41 | #497 | — | — |
| 1902 | 58 | #404 | — | — |
| 1901 | 55 | #398 | — | — |
| 1900 | 68 | #402 | — | — |
| 1899 | 43 | #445 | — | — |
| 1898 | 46 | #451 | — | — |
| 1897 | 53 | #399 | — | — |
| 1896 | 30 | #558 | — | — |
| 1895 | 24 | #630 | — | — |
| 1894 | 29 | #537 | — | — |
| 1893 | 24 | #582 | — | — |
| 1892 | 22 | #601 | — | — |
| 1891 | 13 | #763 | — | — |
| 1890 | 16 | #675 | — | — |
| 1889 | 28 | #469 | — | — |
| 1888 | 14 | #697 | — | — |
| 1887 | 13 | #645 | — | — |
| 1886 | 10 | #746 | — | — |
| 1885 | 9 | #761 | — | — |
| 1884 | 12 | #621 | — | — |
| 1883 | 7 | #778 | — | — |
| 1882 | 9 | #644 | — | — |
| 1881 | 6 | #772 | — | — |
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).