Eva

Eva was the #134 girls' name in the US in 2025 (2,154 babies), and #58 in England & Wales and #33 in Canada.

Eva as a girl’s name

US
England & Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Ireland
Canada
NSW
VIC

Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.

Show the numbers

Year	US	England & Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	Ireland	Canada	NSW	VIC
2025	#134 (2,154)	#58 (758)	#71 (58)	#62 (32)	#69 (77)	#33 (516)	#80 (89)	#67 (94)
2024	#120 (2,306)	#54 (819)	#62 (68)	#42 (42)	#58 (91)	#32 (549)	#73 (98)	#72 (86)
2023	#111 (2,416)	#52 (867)	#50 (80)	#60 (35)	#52 (104)	#34 (545)	#56 (118)	#73 (77)
2022	#108 (2,576)	#46 (1,029)	#42 (98)	#40 (48)	#59 (91)	#27 (616)	#59 (126)	#66 (91)
2021	#93 (2,836)	#41 (1,091)	#41 (106)	#30 (60)	#63 (95)	#22 (722)	#51 (142)	#53 (124)
2020	#93 (2,847)	#35 (1,263)	#41 (97)	#24 (70)	#37 (131)	#28 (647)	#41 (151)	#49 (126)
2019	#86 (3,180)	#35 (1,276)	#28 (137)	#32 (64)	#38 (144)	#23 (745)	#32 (186)	#47 (127)
2018	#76 (3,569)	#33 (1,409)	#28 (145)	#16 (95)	#40 (136)	#22 (780)	#35 (180)	#33 (150)
2017	#73 (3,642)	#33 (1,634)	#25 (157)	#20 (91)	#39 (144)	#23 (766)	#33 (198)	#30 (160)
2016	#74 (3,814)	#30 (1,641)	#25 (171)	#15 (117)	#37 (166)	#24 (761)	#26 (239)	#26 (159)
2015	#76 (3,772)	#29 (1,753)	#17 (223)	#13 (132)	#39 (159)	#22 (793)	#26 (240)	#31 (132)
2014	#83 (3,687)	#27 (1,725)	#22 (210)	#10 (146)	#43 (147)	#21 (798)	#32 (199)	#29 (144)
2013	#88 (3,433)	#26 (1,822)	#15 (254)	#11 (150)	#42 (154)	#25 (749)	#26 (226)	#30 (140)
2012	#86 (3,369)	#24 (1,946)	#14 (280)	#9 (162)	#45 (160)	#25 (740)	#26 (208)	#22 (171)
2011	#83 (3,470)	#33 (1,714)	#13 (279)	#10 (162)	#52 (152)	#26 (683)	#21 (239)	#27 (136)

The tide so far

Peaked in the US in 1886 at #32.
Falling over the last five years.
In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 750 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

Where	Sex	Latest year	Share	Verdict
US	Girls	2025	about 1 in 750	common
England & Wales	Girls	2025	about 1 in 330	common
Scotland	Girls	2025	about 1 in 310	common
Northern Ireland	Girls	2025	about 1 in 230	common
Ireland	Girls	2025	about 1 in 270	common
Canada	Girls	2025	about 1 in 290	common

Next year

On its recent trend, Eva is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 800 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 770 to 1 in 820.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Eva (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.

#1–10
#11–50
#51–100
#101–500
below #500

Across Canada

Province	Year	Rank	Babies
Quebec	2025	#20	211
Ontario	2024	#45	176

Eva (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

Spelling	Where	Sex	Latest rank	Babies
Eva	Canada	Girls	#33	516
Eva	England & Wales	Girls	#58	758
Eva	Ireland	Girls	#69	77
Eva	Northern Ireland	Girls	#62	32
Eva	NSW	Girls	#80	89
Eva	Scotland	Girls	#71	58
Eva	US	Girls	#134	2,154
Eva	US	Boys	—	too few
Eva	VIC	Girls	#67	94