Eevee
Feminine
Eevee arrived from a 1996 video game, and the name was built from the letters of 'evolution' — the creature's whole point.
How old is the name Eevee?
Eevee first appears in US birth records in 2012 — 13 years ago. The typical Eevee is a kid of about 4 — this name's wave is very recent. About 600 people named Eevee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Eevee most popular?
Eevee peaked in 2023, reaching #2352 nationally. Today it ranks #2368, 16 places below that high. See the whole 2023 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Eevee
Our story of Eevee is a story of a name built from a word's initials. A 1996 game gave a creature the ability to develop into several different forms depending on what it was given, and named it for that — the Japanese Eevui reads as the letters of 'evolution'. American families began registering Eevee in the 2010s. It has no older past and does not need one; its coinage is documented and rather neat.
Meaning
Not established
No inherited etymology. The name was coined for a 1996 Japanese video game creature, from the Japanese Eevui, generally understood as built on the initials of 'evolution' — the creature can develop into several different forms. The coinage is documented and deliberate.
Pronouncing Eevee
EE-vee
Two syllables, stress on the first. Eevee and Evie are near-homophones.
Nicknames for Eevee
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 2012
- Most girls named
- 202377 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2352reached in 2023
- Change vs 2024
- +11.8%76 in 2025, from 68
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Eevee in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- イーブイ in Japanese — transliteration
- Evee in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Eevees among us
people named Eevee are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 21,148 born in 2025 was named Eevee
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Eevee
- #2368
- Eevee on the 2025 chart
- #416
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Eevee went to 76 girls in 2025, but Eve and Evee are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 687, which makes it the 416th most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,952 places above the chart.
About 1 girl in 2,340 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 21,148 for Eevee itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Galen test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Eevee's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Galen climbed just as high around 1943, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Galen's path sketches the road Eevee is walking now.
Eevee 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 scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Eevee is headed
Eevee should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Eevee beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Eevee in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That the name is built from the letters of 'evolution' is a first-rate coinage.
- Evie and Vee are two short forms, both with real use.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- One game franchise dominates the association entirely.
- There is no inherited meaning.
- Evie is a near-homophone with a real older history.
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Frequently asked
- How many Eevees are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Eevee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Eevee?
- Eevee is one of 3 recorded spellings. Eve is the more common one — 577 births in 2025 against 76 for Eevee.
- How popular is the name Eevee in 2025?
- Eevee ranks #2368 among US girl names in 2025, with 76 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Eevee?
- About 1 in every 21,148 US girls born in 2025 was named Eevee — 76 in all.
- Will my child share the name Eevee with classmates?
- Eevee will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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