Eva Girl
How popular is Eva?
#134 girl name in 2025
2,154 baby girls were named Eva in the US in 2025, making it the 134th most popular girl name.
Eva popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #134 for girls (▼ 14 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 2,154 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-43% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #76 in 2015, #93 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1918 (4,563 girls) |
| Highest rank | #31 in 1889 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Eva counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Eva family of names ranked #155 for girls in 2025 (#149 the year before), with 2,167 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Eva | 2,154 | 99% |
| Evah | 13 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Eva is most popular
Babies named Eva per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- District of Columbia: 5.7 per 1,000 (68 girls)
- Rhode Island: 3.5 per 1,000 (44 girls)
- Vermont: 3.5 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- Maine: 3.3 per 1,000 (51 girls)
- Alaska: 3.0 per 1,000 (26 girls)
Eva by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 9,800 | #31 |
| 1890s | 16,460 | #32 |
| 1900s | 18,357 | #33 |
| 1910s | 34,909 | #45 |
| 1920s | 38,048 | #58 |
| 1930s | 22,797 | #86 |
| 1940s | 17,561 | #132 |
| 1950s | 17,114 | #175 |
| 1960s | 13,592 | #204 |
| 1970s | 8,597 | #270 |
| 1980s | 7,819 | #283 |
| 1990s | 8,003 | #317 |
| 2000s | 21,353 | #99 |
| 2010s | 35,216 | #73 |
| 2020s | 15,135 | #93 |
Girl names about as popular as Eva
Questions
- Is Eva a boy or girl name?
- Eva is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Eva were girls.
- How popular is the name Eva?
- 2,154 baby girls were named Eva in the US in 2025, making it the 134th most popular girl name.
- When was Eva most popular?
- Eva peaked in 1918, when 4,563 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #31 in 1889.
- How many people are named Eva?
- 285,768 babies have been named Eva in the US since 1880. We estimate about 139,742 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 25.
- Where is Eva most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Eva was most common in District of Columbia, at 5.7 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.