Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Evelyn

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Evelyn
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1921

Peak rank proxy

14,278

Current vitality

Strong

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19212024

Peak year

1921

Decline from peak

36.2%

2024

9,116

All-time

630,574

Evelyn has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1921, when 14,278 girls were named Evelyn.

In 2024, only 9,116 girls were given the name.

Down 36.2% from its peak.

All told, about 630,574 Americans have been named Evelyn and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMass culture

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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