Evelia
Feminine · “living”
Evelia is a Spanish-language name built on Eva, the Latin form of the Hebrew Chavah — the first woman, whose name means living.
How old is the name Evelia?
Evelia first appears in US birth records in 1912 — 113 years ago. The typical Evelia alive today was born around 1989, making them about 36 years old. About 1,400 people named Evelia are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Evelia most popular?
Evelia peaked in 1980, reaching #2486 nationally. Today it ranks #3832, 1,346 places below that high. See the whole 1980 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Evelia
Ours, offered as ours. Genesis gives Eve her name at the moment of leaving the garden and explains it in the same breath — she is called Chavah because she is the mother of all who live. That is one of the very few names in the Hebrew Bible whose meaning the text states outright. Evelia extends it with a Latinate ending in the way Spanish naming does freely, and the living at the bottom of it is genuinely there.
Meaningscholars disagree
living, life-giving
The Eve- opening is documented through Latin Eva and Hebrew Chavah, which Genesis connects to a word meaning living, calling her the mother of all the living. Whether Evelia was formed from it or from Evelyn is not recorded; both are plausible.
Pronouncing Evelia
eh-VEH-lee-ah
Four syllables with the stress on the second. Every letter is sounded in Spanish.
Nicknames for Evelia
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
- 1912
- Most girls named
- 202538 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2486reached in 1980
- Change vs 2023
- +65.2%38 in 2025, from 23
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.
Evelia in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Eva in Spanish — related form
- Evelina in Italian — related form
- Chavah in Hebrew — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, North Carolina.
Evelias among us
people named Evelia are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 42,297 born in 2025 was named Evelia
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Lezlee test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Evelia's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Lezlee climbed just as high around 1957, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Lezlee's path sketches the road Evelia is walking now.
Evelia 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 Evelia is headed
Evelia 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.
Evelia beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Evelia in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Eve and Lia are both complete names in their own right.
- A meaning the biblical text explains outright, which very few names have.
- Every letter is said, so Spanish speakers read it correctly at once.
- Evelyn and Amelia are both close in an American ear and far more common.
- Seven letters and four syllables is a fair amount for early handwriting.
- There is no documented meaning for the compound as such.
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Frequently asked
- How many Evelias are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,400 people named Evelia are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Evelia in 2025?
- Evelia ranks #3832 among US girl names in 2025, with 38 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Evelia?
- About 1 in every 42,297 US girls born in 2025 was named Evelia — 38 in all.
- Will my child share the name Evelia with classmates?
- Evelia will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Evelia
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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