girls' name ★ peaked 2025

Evangeline

Gender Girl Rank 2025 #147 Trend ↑ Rising 49%

Invented by the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow when he began research on his epic poem Evangeline about Acadian lovers deported from French-Canada.

Rank 2025
#147
among girls · ↑26 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
1,998
named Evangeline · +14% vs 2024
How common
1 in 804
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2025
1,998 babies
All-time total
36,771
#730 all-time among girls
First recorded
1881
in Social Security records

Evangeline popularity over time

36,771 babies have been named Evangeline since 1881, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.380.751.131.518801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2025Girls

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Per year Change Best rank
1880s 108 11 – #469
1890s 300 30 +178% #399
1900s 553 55 +84% #398
1910s 1,552 155 +181% #418
1920s 2,444 244 +57% #406
1930s 1,973 197 -19% #402
1940s 1,404 140 -29% #523
1950s 1,411 141 0% #697
1960s 1,182 118 -16% #875
1970s 821 82 -31% #1,062
1980s 562 56 -32% #1,686
1990s 716 72 +27% #1,707
2000s 3,323 332 +364% #430
2010s 11,610 1,161 +249% #241
2020s (to 2025) 8,812 1,469 +27% #147

Where Evangeline is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 2,133 1.33 #136
2027 2,255 1.40 #121
2028 2,364 1.47 #116
2029 2,462 1.53 #110
2030 2,547 1.58 #105

Where Evangeline is most popular

Girls named Evangeline per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.941 per 1,000. Strongest in Maine, Idaho, and Alaska.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Evangeline born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Maine 45 2.91 +209%
Idaho 86 2.57 +173%
Alaska 21 2.44 +159%
Louisiana 190 2.17 +131%
New Mexico 52 2.14 +127%
Nevada 86 1.85 +97%
South Dakota 25 1.75 +86%
Hawaii 19 1.66 +76%
Arizona 229 1.63 +73%
Kansas 92 1.59 +69%
Colorado 169 1.51 +61%
Arkansas 76 1.44 +53%
Connecticut 83 1.43 +52%
Wyoming 6 1.41 +49%
Oklahoma 102 1.39 +47%
Nebraska 49 1.36 +45%
Virginia 230 1.35 +43%
Texas 1,006 1.25 +33%
Oregon 81 1.24 +32%
Vermont 6 1.24 +31%
California 1,031 1.23 +30%
Missouri 145 1.20 +28%
Washington 173 1.20 +27%
Wisconsin 121 1.17 +25%
Utah 96 1.15 +23%
New Hampshire 21 1.14 +21%
Maryland 119 1.12 +19%
Pennsylvania 263 1.11 +18%
Minnesota 119 1.10 +17%
Tennessee 174 1.10 +17%
Florida 468 1.09 +16%
Rhode Island 13 1.04 +10%
South Carolina 91 1.01 +8%
Massachusetts 119 0.984 +5%
Iowa 57 0.975 ≈ national
Michigan 177 0.972 ≈ national
Mississippi 45 0.962 ≈ national
North Carolina 219 0.962 ≈ national
Kentucky 82 0.959 ≈ national
West Virginia 25 0.954 ≈ national
Indiana 132 0.940 ≈ national
New Jersey 169 0.936 ≈ national
New York 368 0.929 ≈ national
Alabama 87 0.927 ≈ national
Illinois 201 0.878 -7%
Ohio 188 0.792 -16%
Georgia 149 0.656 -30%
North Dakota 6 0.456 -52%
Montana 6 0.443 -53%
Delaware 5 0.441 -53%
District of Columbia 5 0.422 -55%

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Evangeline

Evangeline is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #147 in 2025 with 1,998 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1881, 36,771 American babies have been named Evangeline. Its peak came in 2025, when 1,998 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Evangeline stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Evangeline?

The median living Evangeline is about 10 years old; half are between 4 and 18. An estimated 29 thousand people named Evangeline are alive in the United States today.

median 10 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Evangeline year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls 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
1995 86 #1,707
1990 54 #2,327
1985 52 #2,056
1980 58 #1,869
1975 77 #1,376
1970 115 #1,062
1965 113 #967
1960 121 #973
1955 146 #799
1950 137 #734
1945 109 #714
1940 172 #523
1935 199 #453
1930 279 #402
1925 198 #499
1920 267 #407
1915 188 #447
1910 76 #458
1905 45 #507
1900 68 #402
1895 24 #630
1890 16 #675
1885 9 #761
1880 – –

Famous people named Evangeline

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Evangeline Lilly Evangeline Lilly Canadian actress (born 1979) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Evangeline, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Evangeline?

The median living Evangeline is about 10 years old. Half of all living Evangelines are between 4 and 18 years old.

How many people named Evangeline are alive today?

An estimated 29 thousand people named Evangeline are alive in the United States, based on 36,771 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Evangeline mean?

Invented by the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow when he began research on his epic poem Evangeline about Acadian lovers deported from French-Canada.

How popular is the name Evangeline in 2025?

Evangeline ranked #147 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 1,998 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Evangeline?

36,771 babies have been named Evangeline in the United States since 1881, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Evangeline most popular?

Evangeline peaked in 2025, when 1,998 newborns received the name.

Is Evangeline a boy or girl name?

Evangeline is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Evangeline rising or falling?

Evangeline is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Evangeline become more popular?

Evangeline is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 2,547 girls named Evangeline in 2030, which would rank around #105. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Evangeline?

Well-known people named Evangeline include Evangeline Lilly (actor).

Names like Evangeline

Names that sound and feel close to Evangeline: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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