Head to head · Girls' names
Elodie vs Evelynn
#310 vs #301 in 2025
Evelynn is a whisker ahead (#301 vs #310 in 2025), but the curves point different ways: Evelynn is holding its place on the charts, Elodie is climbing the charts fast. On momentum, Elodie has the edge.
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The tale of the tape
On the charts, Evelynn leads 4 measures of 6; Elodie leads 2.
Ranks, counts and years are measured in the official US birth record; the classroom and living figures are estimates computed from it. The dot marks the side each measure favours on the charts — more common, not better.
What the records say
146 years of US births, drawn on one scale
Two curves, one scale
Who owned which decade
- 1880s: Elodie #874, Evelynn — — Elodie higher
- 1890s: Elodie #1230, Evelynn — — Elodie higher
- 1900s: Elodie #1606, Evelynn — — Elodie higher
- 1910s: Elodie #2137, Evelynn #2465 — Elodie higher
- 1920s: Elodie #2871, Evelynn #2118 — Evelynn higher
- 1930s: Elodie #2999, Evelynn #2500 — Evelynn higher
- 1940s: Elodie #3931, Evelynn #2303 — Evelynn higher
- 1950s: Elodie #5042, Evelynn #3114 — Evelynn higher
- 1960s: Elodie #6406, Evelynn #4243 — Evelynn higher
- 1970s: Elodie #8374, Evelynn #6274 — Evelynn higher
- 1980s: Elodie #9889, Evelynn #5590 — Evelynn higher
- 1990s: Elodie #9343, Evelynn #4128 — Evelynn higher
- 2000s: Elodie #4306, Evelynn #1525 — Evelynn higher
- 2010s: Elodie #1350, Evelynn #465 — Evelynn higher
- 2020s: Elodie #591, Evelynn #317 — Evelynn higher
Evelynn stood higher in 11 of 15 decades; Evelynn has held the lead since the 1920s.
Rank by decade
| Decade | Elodie | Evelynn |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | #874 | — |
| 1890s | #1230 | — |
| 1900s | #1606 | — |
| 1910s | #2137 | #2465 |
| 1920s | #2871 | #2118 |
| 1930s | #2999 | #2500 |
| 1940s | #3931 | #2303 |
| 1950s | #5042 | #3114 |
| 1960s | #6406 | #4243 |
| 1970s | #8374 | #6274 |
| 1980s | #9889 | #5590 |
| 1990s | #9343 | #4128 |
| 2000s | #4306 | #1525 |
| 2010s | #1350 | #465 |
| 2020s | #591 | #317 |
Average national rank across each decade. A dash means the name sat outside the recorded top of that decade.
Around the world
Elodie
- England & Wales#55
Evelynn
Not charting outside the US.
National statistics offices, latest published year.
The names themselves
Meaning, roots, sound and the people who carried each
Where each name comes from
Elodie
most likely "foreign riches" or "other wealth"
The leading reading traces Alodia to Gothic or Visigothic roots — elements meaning "other" and "wealth, property," the same family that gave medieval law the word allod for land held outright. A second reading, often repeated, derives it from Greek helodes, "marshy," and is sometimes prettied up as "marsh flower." The Germanic account has the better claim; neither is fully closed.
Alodia → Alodie → Élodie → Elodie
How it traveled
The oldest form is Alodia, borne by one of two sisters, Nunilo and Alodia, executed in ninth-century Muslim Spain and venerated afterwards as saints in Aragon and Navarre — which is why the name survived at all in the Iberian church calendars. Medieval Latin Alodia softened into French Alodie and then Élodie, and there it sat quietly for centuries as a saint's-day name.
Evelynn
Not established
What is documented is the chain, not the sense: the name descends from Aveline, a Norman French diminutive built on the Germanic element avi-, whose meaning has never been settled. Two associations circulate anyway — French aveline, 'hazelnut', and the biblical Eve, 'life' — and neither is the actual source. So the pleasure here is the history rather than a translation.
Aveline → Eveline → Evelyn → Evelynn
How it traveled
Aveline arrived in England with Norman French speakers after 1066 and settled in as both a given name and, in time, the family name Evelyn. From the seventeenth century onward the surname was handed back as a first name, and in Britain it was given to boys as well as girls for a long stretch — the writer's name and the soldier's name as much as the debutante's.
Where a reading is contested the note says so — this page does not turn a guess into a fact. The chain is each name's recorded forms, oldest first; the story is its opening, told in full on the name's own page.
Out loud, and in short
Elodie
EL-uh-dee
The usual American reading stresses the first syllable. In French it is closer to ay-law-DEE, with the weight at the end. Both are correct for the name; it helps to pick one and say it first when you introduce her.
- Ellie — The most common English short form; also widely used as a standalone given name, so it is shared with Eleanor, Ella and Elizabeth.
- Elle — Informal one-syllable clip, also a given name in its own right.
- Lodie — Family-level nickname drawn from the back half of the name rather than the front.
- Elo — Used informally in French-speaking households.
- Also Dee, El.
Evelynn
EV-uh-lin
Three syllables, stress on the first. Some speakers, particularly in Britain, compress it to EEV-lin. The doubled n changes nothing about how it is said.
- Evie — The most common short form across the whole Evelyn family; also given as a standalone name in its own right.
- Eve — Informal in this context, though it is a full given name with its own long record.
- Lynn — Draws on the ending rather than the front; a given name in its own right, strongly represented among older generations.
- Ev — Brisk, mostly family and close-friend use.
- Also Evvie, Lynnie.
Is it right for you
The differences that decide it, laid out by what you want
Choose by what you want
Choose Elodie if you want…
- a name on the way upup 393 places on the charts in five years
- a name that charts abroad tooElodie is on the national lists of England & Wales
Choose Evelynn if you want…
- a name holding steadyEvelynn is holding its place on the charts
Each line is a measured difference between the two names — a rank, a count, a recorded form — never a judgement of either. Save the one that answers your question; it lands on your shortlist.
The trade-offs, name by name
Elodie
Strengths
- Ready-made short forms already in circulation — Ellie, Elle, Dee — so nothing has to be invented.
- A documented line back to a ninth-century Spanish saint's name, Alodia, with no gaps that need papering over.
- Works across languages: Élodie in French, Alodia in Spanish, Elodia in Italian, all recognizably the same name.
To consider
- It is very often heard as Melody the first time, and sometimes read that way on a page. Expect a gentle correction to become routine.
- Two stress patterns compete — EL-uh-dee and the French ay-law-DEE — so she will likely hear both, and may need to choose which one she answers to.
- The accent in Élodie is standard in French and optional in English. Whichever you register, the other version will show up on forms and mail.
Evelynn
Strengths
- Sounds like a name everyone already knows, so it is never explained aloud — only in writing.
- Comes with ready-made short forms: Evie, Eve, Lynn, all in real use for centuries.
- Has close relatives in French, Italian, Dutch, German and Spanish, so it travels without translation.
To consider
- Evelyn is the default spelling, and this one will be corrected to it for life — on forms, coffee cups, class lists. Worth deciding now whether you are happy to spell it out every time.
- Because the sound is widely shared, she may well be one of several Evelyns by ear in a classroom while being the only one with this spelling. Unique on paper, familiar in the air.
- Evelynn is also the name of a character in the game League of Legends, spelled exactly this way — a small association, but one some people will mention.
Documented properties of each name — how it spells, travels and shortens — not opinions about the child.
How each is likely to age
Elodie
59%chance Elodie feels dated by 2040
Elodie is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
Evelynn
40%chance Evelynn feels dated by 2040
Evelynn sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A reading of where each name sits on the long naming cycle — computed, not measured, and explained on the data page.
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More head-to-heads
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Lists that carry both names
Every list here names both Elodie and Evelynn — the same style, ranked by the same records.
Elodie or Evelynn — the short answers
- Which is more popular, Elodie or Evelynn?
- Evelynn, in 2025: Evelynn ranked #301 with 1,012 babies; Elodie ranked #310 with 980 babies.
- Which name is rising faster, Elodie or Evelynn?
- Elodie. Over the last five years Elodie moved up 393 places; Evelynn moved up 27 places.
- Which is the older name, Elodie or Evelynn?
- Elodie entered the US charts in 1881; Evelynn entered the US charts in 1914. On the American record, Elodie is the older name.
- How many people are named Elodie and Evelynn?
- About 6,000 people named Elodie are estimated to be alive in the US today. About 15,500 people named Evelynn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- Will there be other Elodies or Evelynns in the classroom?
- Elodie will almost certainly be the only one in school. Evelynn will almost certainly be the only one in school.
US figures from the Social Security Administration, 1880–2025; international figures from national statistics agencies. Votes are battle voters on this site, not the birth record. Data & methodology
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