# Eva (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/eva/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈiːvə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Ava |
| US babies named this | 285,768 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,007 / 284,761 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 30,496, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

The (Vulgate) Latin Eva, from Ancient Greek Εὔα (Eúa), from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā). A Latinate variant of the English Eve.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3,470 | 83 |
| 2012 | 3,369 | 86 |
| 2013 | 3,433 | 88 |
| 2014 | 3,687 | 83 |
| 2015 | 3,772 | 76 |
| 2016 | 3,814 | 74 |
| 2017 | 3,642 | 73 |
| 2018 | 3,569 | 76 |
| 2019 | 3,180 | 86 |
| 2020 | 2,847 | 93 |
| 2021 | 2,836 | 93 |
| 2022 | 2,576 | 108 |
| 2023 | 2,416 | 111 |
| 2024 | 2,306 | 120 |
| 2025 | 2,154 | 134 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 5 | 7,314 |
| 1988 | 7 | 5,977 |
| 1989 | 14 | 3,874 |
| 1990 | 9 | 5,518 |
| 1991 | 5 | 8,620 |
| 1992 | 7 | 6,916 |
| 2000 | 5 | 10,935 |
| 2004 | 9 | 7,732 |
| 2007 | 5 | 12,940 |
| 2013 | 7 | 9,989 |
| 2014 | 6 | 11,147 |
| 2015 | 7 | 9,879 |
| 2016 | 5 | 12,812 |
| 2017 | 6 | 11,191 |
| 2023 | 5 | 12,805 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,714 | 33 |
| 2012 | 1,946 | 24 |
| 2013 | 1,822 | 26 |
| 2014 | 1,725 | 27 |
| 2015 | 1,753 | 29 |
| 2016 | 1,641 | 30 |
| 2017 | 1,634 | 33 |
| 2018 | 1,409 | 33 |
| 2019 | 1,276 | 35 |
| 2020 | 1,263 | 35 |
| 2021 | 1,091 | 41 |
| 2022 | 1,029 | 46 |
| 2023 | 867 | 52 |
| 2024 | 819 | 54 |
| 2025 | 758 | 58 |

## People named Eva

- Eva Perón, Argentine actress and politician (1919–1952)
- Eva Green, French actress
- Eva Longoria, American actress and producer (born 1975)
- Eva Marie Saint, American actress (1924–2026)
- Eva Herzigová, Czech model and actress (born 1973)
- Eva Amurri, American actress
- Eva Cassidy, American singer (1963–1996)
- Eva Rivas, Armenian singer
- Eva Joly, French politician
- Eva Hesse, German-born American sculptor and textile artist (1936-1970)
- Eva Gonzalès, French painter (1849-1883)
- Eva LaRue, Emmy Award Winning American actress and model

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.