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Eva

Gender

Male

Origin

Hebrew
Giver Of Life
Life, living one
Danish
Danish form of Eve
Latin
Living one
Russian
Life
Spanish
Swedish

Syllables

2

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Eva

Pronunciation

e-va

Famous People

Actress Eva Longoria, Actress Eva Mendes, Actress Eva Garbor, Eva (Evita) Peron

Celebrity Babies

Daughter of Susan Sarandon

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1933 (rank #1331, 25 births); most recent 2023 (rank #12230, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1918 (rank #55, 4,563 births); most recent 2025 (rank #134, 2,154 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–2,154
2024–2,296
202352,413
2022–2,575
2021–2,835
2020–2,845
2019–3,178
2018–3,569
201763,642
201653,812

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2012 (rank #24, 1,946 births); most recent 2025 (rank #58, 758 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
2025758
2024819
2023867
20221,029
20211,091
20201,263
20191,276
20181,409
20171,634
20161,641

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2008 (rank #13, 3,328 births); most recent 2023 (rank #7, 2,362 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
20232,362
20221,827
20211,911
20201,870
20191,931
20182,002
20171,969
20162,107
20152,185
20142,408

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2009 (rank #38, 201 births); most recent 2025 (rank #69, 77 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
202577
202491
2023104
202291
202195
2020131
2019144
2018136
2017144
2016166

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2008 (rank #16, 294 births); most recent 2025 (rank #71, 58 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
202558
202468
202380
202298
2021106
202097
2019137
2018145
2017157
2016171

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2008 (rank #9, 178 births); most recent 2025 (rank #62, 32 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearGirls
202532
202442
202335
202248
202160
202070
201964
201895
201791
2016117

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 2015 (rank #37, 67 births); most recent 2023 (rank #88, 31 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
202331
202240
202153
202046
201960
201866
201747
201652
201567
201457

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence