Eveline
Feminine
Eveline descends from Aveline, a Norman name whose Germanic root is one of the genuine unsolved problems of European naming.
How old is the name Eveline?
Eveline first appears in US birth records in 1881 — 144 years ago. The typical Eveline alive today was born around 1940, making them about 85 years old. About 1,600 people named Eveline are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Eveline most popular?
Eveline peaked in 1881, reaching #539 nationally. Today it ranks #3975, 3,436 places below that high. See the whole 1881 chart.
Where it comes from
From Aveline to Eveline
The story of Eveline
Aveline came to England with the Normans and became Evelin and then Evelyn, first as a surname and then, in the seventeenth century, as a given name for both sexes. Eveline is the French and Dutch form and was well used in nineteenth-century England and America. The association with Eve is genuinely secondary and arrived after the name did.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Aveline is a Norman French diminutive of a Germanic name in Avi- or Av-, whose element has never been established. The connection to Eve, from Hebrew Chavah, is a later reinterpretation produced by the similarity of sound.
How the name formed
- Aveline
- Eveline
Related forms: Éveline · Evelyn · Eveline
Pronouncing Eveline
EV-uh-leen
Three syllables, first stressed. French gives ayv-LEEN.
Nicknames for Eveline
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
- 1881
- Most girls named
- 192276 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #539reached in 1881
- Change vs 2022
- +16.1%36 in 2025, from 31
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.
Eveline in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Éveline in French — same name
- Evelyn in English — related form
- Eveline in Dutch — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Wisconsin.
Evelines among us
people named Eveline are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 44,646 born in 2025 was named Eveline
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Eveline
- #3975
- Eveline on the 2025 chart
- #830
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Eveline went to 36 girls in 2025, but Evelynne and Evelyne are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 130, which makes it the 830th most-given girls’ name of the year — 3,145 places above the chart.
About 1 girl in 12,364 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 44,646 for Eveline 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
Fashion outlook
Eveline 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 Eveline is headed
Eveline is easing off slowly — about 17% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
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.
Eveline beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Eveline in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Eve and Evie are both complete short forms in current use.
- Genuine nineteenth-century American use behind it.
- Read correctly on sight by most English speakers.
- Evelyn is far more common and will be assumed and written.
- The connection to Eve is a later reinterpretation, not the origin.
- The stress and the final vowel differ between the English and French readings.
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Frequently asked
- How many Evelines are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,600 people named Eveline are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Eveline?
- Eveline is one of 3 recorded spellings. Evelynne is the more common one — 52 births in 2025 against 36 for Eveline.
- How popular is the name Eveline in 2025?
- Eveline ranks #3975 among US girl names in 2025, with 36 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Eveline?
- About 1 in every 44,646 US girls born in 2025 was named Eveline — 36 in all.
- Will my child share the name Eveline with classmates?
- Eveline will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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