Evangeline Girl
How popular is Evangeline?
#147 girl name in 2025
1,998 baby girls were named Evangeline in the US in 2025, making it the 147th most popular girl name.
Evangeline popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #147 for girls (▲ 26 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,998 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+64% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #260 in 2015, #258 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (1,998 girls) |
| Highest rank | #147 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1881 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Evangeline counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Evangeline family of names ranked #166 for girls in 2025 (#190 the year before), with 2,041 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Evangeline | 1,998 | 98% |
| Evangelyn | 13 | 1% |
| Evangelyne | 14 | 1% |
| Evangelin | 11 | 1% |
| Evangelynn | 5 | 0% |
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 Evangeline is most popular
Babies named Evangeline per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Maine: 2.9 per 1,000 (45 girls)
- Idaho: 2.6 per 1,000 (86 girls)
- Alaska: 2.4 per 1,000 (21 girls)
- Louisiana: 2.2 per 1,000 (190 girls)
- New Mexico: 2.1 per 1,000 (52 girls)
Evangeline by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 108 | #468 |
| 1890s | 300 | #397 |
| 1900s | 553 | #397 |
| 1910s | 1,552 | #418 |
| 1920s | 2,444 | #406 |
| 1930s | 1,973 | #402 |
| 1940s | 1,404 | #523 |
| 1950s | 1,411 | #696 |
| 1960s | 1,182 | #874 |
| 1970s | 821 | #1,060 |
| 1980s | 562 | #1,684 |
| 1990s | 716 | #1,698 |
| 2000s | 3,323 | #429 |
| 2010s | 11,610 | #241 |
| 2020s | 8,812 | #147 |
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Questions
- Is Evangeline a boy or girl name?
- Evangeline is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Evangeline were girls.
- How popular is the name Evangeline?
- 1,998 baby girls were named Evangeline in the US in 2025, making it the 147th most popular girl name.
- When was Evangeline most popular?
- Evangeline peaked in 2025, when 1,998 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #147 in 2025.
- How many people are named Evangeline?
- 36,771 babies have been named Evangeline in the US since 1880. We estimate about 29,343 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Evangeline most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Evangeline was most common in Maine, at 2.9 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.