Is Eva a boy or girl name?
Eva is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 2,296 girls and 0 boys were named Eva, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 99.6% of the 283,587 US babies named Eva were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #120
- Babies named Eva since 1880
- 283,587
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 4,575 babies
Boys and girls named Eva, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | 9,800 | 99.9% |
| 1890s | 54 | 16,460 | 99.7% |
| 1900s | 91 | 18,357 | 99.5% |
| 1910s | 135 | 34,909 | 99.6% |
| 1920s | 169 | 38,048 | 99.6% |
| 1930s | 160 | 22,797 | 99.3% |
| 1940s | 95 | 17,561 | 99.5% |
| 1950s | 52 | 17,114 | 99.7% |
| 1960s | 39 | 13,591 | 99.7% |
| 1970s | 45 | 8,596 | 99.5% |
| 1980s | 80 | 7,820 | 99% |
| 1990s | 21 | 8,002 | 99.7% |
| 2000s | 19 | 21,352 | 99.9% |
| 2010s | 31 | 35,209 | 99.9% |
| 2020s | 5 | 12,964 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 2,296 | #120 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,797 | 2,413 | #112 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 2,575 | #108 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 2,835 | #93 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 2,845 | #93 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 3,178 | #86 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 3,569 | #75 |
| 2017 | 6 | #11,189 | 3,642 | #73 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,808 | 3,812 | #74 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,878 | 3,771 | #76 |
| 2014 | 6 | #11,146 | 3,686 | #83 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,987 | 3,433 | #88 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 3,369 | #86 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 3,469 | #83 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 3,280 | #91 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 3,395 | #99 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 2,971 | #114 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,939 | 2,893 | #117 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 2,789 | #122 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 2,475 | #129 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,730 | 1,729 | #198 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 1,518 | #214 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 1,334 | #240 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 1,160 | #272 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,934 | 1,088 | #294 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 975 | #318 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 846 | #345 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 766 | #361 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 795 | #349 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 752 | #349 |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 769 | #347 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 735 | #348 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,915 | 765 | #340 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,620 | 820 | #326 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,518 | 779 | #342 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,874 | 784 | #323 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,977 | 755 | #327 |
| 1987 | 5 | #7,315 | 694 | #347 |
| 1986 | 6 | #6,187 | 732 | #332 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,144 | 755 | #317 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,530 | 742 | #318 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,573 | 819 | #287 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,204 | 845 | #289 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,655 | 856 | #283 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,750 | 838 | #298 |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 801 | #297 |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 854 | #270 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,687 | 819 | #291 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,879 | 771 | #298 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,737 | 764 | #302 |
| 1974 | 12 | #3,009 | 837 | #287 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,218 | 868 | #281 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,608 | 886 | #287 |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 970 | #289 |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 1,026 | #285 |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 1,090 | #267 |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 1,051 | #255 |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 1,214 | #238 |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,653 | 1,293 | #233 |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,659 | 1,339 | #233 |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,384 | 1,429 | #228 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,763 | 1,457 | #227 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,132 | 1,501 | #220 |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 1,532 | #220 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,788 | 1,685 | #204 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,730 | 1,635 | #206 |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 1,764 | #193 |
| 1957 | 11 | #2,534 | 1,799 | #196 |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 1,927 | #185 |
| 1955 | 5 | #4,039 | 1,784 | #189 |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 1,713 | #187 |
| 1953 | 8 | #2,991 | 1,592 | #194 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,741 | 1,704 | #181 |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,473 | 1,574 | #183 |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,130 | 1,622 | #175 |
| 1949 | 0 | – | 1,667 | #170 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,857 | 1,775 | #162 |
| 1947 | 8 | #2,952 | 1,783 | #168 |
| 1946 | 9 | #2,591 | 1,652 | #161 |
| 1945 | 8 | #2,630 | 1,596 | #146 |
| 1944 | 9 | #2,521 | 1,659 | #147 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,103 | 1,803 | #148 |
| 1942 | 17 | #1,759 | 1,876 | #140 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,119 | 1,860 | #135 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,225 | 1,890 | #132 |
| 1939 | 15 | #1,824 | 1,859 | #129 |
| 1938 | 15 | #1,848 | 1,907 | #126 |
| 1937 | 14 | #1,936 | 2,059 | #117 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,341 | 2,002 | #116 |
| 1935 | 16 | #1,781 | 2,167 | #110 |
| 1934 | 18 | #1,685 | 2,389 | #100 |
| 1933 | 25 | #1,341 | 2,282 | #101 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,132 | 2,521 | #98 |
| 1931 | 22 | #1,507 | 2,592 | #94 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,345 | 3,019 | #86 |
| 1929 | 17 | #1,882 | 3,019 | #83 |
| 1928 | 16 | #1,995 | 3,212 | #79 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,765 | 3,410 | #79 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,624 | 3,494 | #79 |
| 1925 | 18 | #1,897 | 3,855 | #71 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,273 | 4,068 | #66 |
| 1923 | 23 | #1,615 | 3,975 | #66 |
| 1922 | 20 | #1,784 | 4,192 | #64 |
| 1921 | 20 | #1,789 | 4,325 | #63 |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,837 | 4,498 | #58 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,301 | 4,484 | #55 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,444 | 4,563 | #55 |
| 1917 | 17 | #1,843 | 4,286 | #54 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,722 | 4,337 | #55 |
| 1915 | 15 | #1,904 | 4,079 | #55 |
| 1914 | 17 | #1,510 | 3,401 | #52 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,611 | 2,891 | #50 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,450 | 2,636 | #49 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,219 | 2,109 | #46 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,067 | 2,123 | #45 |
| 1909 | 18 | #641 | 1,896 | #47 |
| 1908 | 11 | #850 | 1,930 | #46 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,026 | 1,884 | #42 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,165 | 1,758 | #42 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,299 | 1,815 | #39 |
| 1904 | 10 | #777 | 1,858 | #36 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,054 | 1,783 | #36 |
| 1902 | 8 | #881 | 1,727 | #37 |
| 1901 | 11 | #651 | 1,617 | #37 |
| 1900 | 8 | #990 | 2,089 | #33 |
| 1899 | 9 | #735 | 1,582 | #39 |
| 1898 | 7 | #915 | 1,823 | #35 |
| 1897 | 7 | #880 | 1,709 | #35 |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 1,779 | #32 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,136 | 1,767 | #34 |
| 1894 | 8 | #810 | 1,673 | #35 |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 1,668 | #32 |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 1,611 | #34 |
| 1891 | 7 | #797 | 1,412 | #33 |
| 1890 | 11 | #612 | 1,436 | #32 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,020 | 1,372 | #31 |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 1,329 | #34 |
| 1887 | 6 | #854 | 1,125 | #33 |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 1,155 | #32 |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 971 | #38 |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 929 | #38 |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 879 | #32 |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 765 | #41 |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 661 | #34 |
| 1880 | 0 | – | 614 | #41 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Eva reached #612 in 1890. As a girl name, it reached #31 in 1889. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1910s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Eva
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.