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How popular is the name Eva?
Births per year, rank history and how many Evas are alive today.
Eva (female), a spelling of Ava, is currently the 54th most popular girls' name in England and Wales, with 819 babies given the name in 2024. This spelling of the name peaked in 2012, when 1,946 babies were given the name, the 24th most popular that year. Eva's popularity is double-peaked: popular in the early 1900s, having dropped out of the published rankings in between, and stronger still at its peak in the 2010s. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 33,000 babies have been named Eva in England and Wales since 1904. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Across all spellings of the name, the Ava you are most likely to meet is around 14 years old. Half of all Avas born in England and Wales are between 9 and 21, and there are at least 100,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 27% chance that at least one of them will be called Ava.
How many babies are named Eva each year?
Includes all spellings: Eva, Ava. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Eva spelling rank?
Where does the Ava spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Eva most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Ava, peaked in 2012, when 5,725 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Eva spelling itself peaked in 2012, with 1,946 babies.
How many people are called Eva?
At least 100,000 people named Eva in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Eva?
Most living Evas are between 9 and 21; the most common age is about 14.
Is Eva becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2012 peak.