Eva

Meaning: To live, living
Origin: Hebrew — Latin form of Eve

Nicknames: Evie, Evvie

Girl's name · #134 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Few names move less than Eva — on the books since 1880, #134 in 2025, and dependable in between. Roughly 285,000 girls have carried the name since. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

See where Eva is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

Eva is especially popular in Finland (other-lang.), Estonia, and Croatia.

#2 in Finland (other-lang.) (2025) · #4 in Estonia (2025) · #8 in Croatia (2025) · #16 in Belgium (2025) · #16 in Slovenia (2025) · #22 in Norway (2025) · #23 in Netherlands (2025) · #26 in France (2025) · #30 in Switzerland (2025) · #33 in Canada (2025) · #42 in Denmark (2025) · #50 in Italy (2024) and 20 more.

Famous Evas

Eva Perón — First Lady of Argentina from 1946 to 1952 (1919–1952)
Eva Braun — Wife of Adolf Hitler (1912–1945)
Eva Green — French actress (born 1980)
Eva Longoria — American actress (born 1975)
Eva Mendes — American actress (born 1974)
Eva Marie Saint — American actress (1924–2026)
Eva Gabor — Hungarian-American actress and socialite (1919–1995)
Eva Amurri — American actress (born 1985)
Eva Cassidy — American singer (1963–1996)
Eva LaRue — American actress and model (born 1966)

In stories & tradition

EVA — Metal Gear (video game series)
Eva Kant — Comics character in the Diabolik series
Eva Price — Fictional character from Coronation Street

What Evas become

Among 8,505 notable people named Eva:

Medical professionals appear 2.39× more often than among typical names — e.g. Eva Syková, Czech senator of Czech Parliament, doctor, professor and scientist (born 1944).

Spellings & nicknames

About 1,100 girls a year are given Evie as their full name.

Similar names: Evie · Annie · Ever · Nova · Rose · Esther

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