Thirty years of Evelyn
Evelyn in numbers
Evelyn has risen from 80 girls in 1996 to 1,560 in 2025, though it is below its peak of 1,967 in 2017. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2012 and 2015, from 1,034 to 1,770. It ranked 402nd in 1996 and reached 12th in 2025, its best place so far: fewer babies get the name than at its peak, but the names above it have fallen further. On average it was given to 85 girls a year in the late 1990s, 377 in the 2000s, 1,462 in the 2010s and 1,624 in the 2020s so far.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Similar spellings in the 2025 list†: Evelin (27), Evelynn (26), Evalyn (19), Eveleen (8), Evlyn (4). Matched by their letters, not by meaning or origin. ONS counts each spelling separately, so these are not added to Evelyn.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year+3%1,512 to 1,560
- 5 years-9%1,709 to 1,560
- 10 years-12%1,770 to 1,560
- 20 years+302%388 to 1,560
- Since 1996×2080 to 1,560
- Total, 1996 to 202528,471girls
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 12 · ONS · 1,512 in 2024
Rank 86 · NRS · 37 in 2024
Rank 96 · NISRA · 27 in 2024
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | 1,560 | +3% | 1 in 182 |
| 2024 | 20 | 1,512 | -10% | 1 in 192 |
| 2023 | 13 | 1,673 | +7% | 1 in 172 |
| 2022 | 22 | 1,560 | -10% | 1 in 189 |
| 2021 | 21 | 1,729 | +1% | 1 in 176 |
| 2020 | 21 | 1,709 | -3% | 1 in 175 |
| 2019 | 20 | 1,761 | -7% | 1 in 177 |
| 2018 | 19 | 1,902 | -3% | 1 in 168 |
| 2017 | 22 | 1,967 | +5% | 1 in 168 |
| 2016 | 27 | 1,877 | +6% | 1 in 181 |
| 2015 | 28 | 1,770 | +18% | 1 in 192 |
| 2014 | 31 | 1,506 | +23% | 1 in 225 |
| 2013 * | 45 | 1,227 | +19% | 1 in 278 |
| 2012 | 57 | 1,034 | +19% | 1 in 344 |
| 2011 | 65 | 871 | +24% | 1 in 405 |
| 2010 | 87 | 701 | -3% | 1 in 502 |
| 2009 | 85 | 723 | +10% | 1 in 476 |
| 2008 | 89 | 660 | +24% | 1 in 524 |
| 2007 | 100 | 534 | +25% | 1 in 628 |
| 2006 | =125 | 428 | +10% | 1 in 764 |
| 2005 | 139 | 388 | +15% | 1 in 812 |
| 2004 | =157 | 338 | +33% | 1 in 921 |
| 2003 | 184 | 254 | +26% | 1 in 1,193 |
| 2002 | =212 | 201 | +25% | 1 in 1,443 |
| 2001 | =246 | 161 | +85% | 1 in 1,801 |
| 2000 | =371 | 87 | -8% | 1 in 3,389 |
| 1999 | =338 | 95 | +12% | 1 in 3,185 |
| 1998 | =380 | 85 | +9% | n/a |
| 1997 | =404 | 78 | -3% | 1 in 4,019 |
| 1996 | =402 | 80 | 1 in 3,950 |
* ONS’s girls’ 2013 file repeats the May total as April, so the 2013 births total is about 1,360 too high and 1 in X for 2013 is slightly too high. 1 in X is not shown for girls in 1998: one monthly total is missing from the ONS girls’ 1998 file. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate