Eva
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Eva
Eva is a simple, classic Hebrew name for girls that recently slipped out of the US Top 100 for the first time in more than a decade. Pronounced either like her more popular sister Ava or less popular sister Eve, Eva is one of the elite group of girl names that mean life.
Eva is found in many different languages as a variation of Eve—the Old Testament name recognizable as the first woman in Abrahamic religions. Short forms of the name include Evie and Evita. The diminutive Evita is still strongly associated with Evita Peron, wife of the Argentine President Juan Peron.
The 1852 publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin, the bestselling novel of the nineteenth century, whose tragic figure Little Eva (short for Evangeline) made an enormous impression on the Victorian reading public, propelled the name to popularity.
Some well known Evas include actresses Evas Marie Saint, Gabor, Green, Longoria and Mendes, sculptor Eva Hesse, singer Little Eva, and model Eva Herzigova
Eva is a highly popular girls’ name throughout the Western World, ranking in the Top 100 of most English-speaking countries along with a wide range of European nations, from Spain and Italy to France and Germany to Scandinavia. This makes Eva one of the most internationally versatile names today.
Eva is also given to boys.
Pronounced AY-vuh.
As of October 2026, Eva ranked #134 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #31 in 1889, Nameberry popularity #68.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #83 | 3,686 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #76 | 3,771 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #74 | 3,812 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #73 | 3,642 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #75 | 3,569 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #86 | 3,178 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #93 | 2,845 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #93 | 2,835 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #108 | 2,575 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #112 | 2,413 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #120 | 2,296 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #134 | 2,154 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Eva on lists
Famous Evas
- Eva "Evita" PerónGirl
Argentine politician
- Eva Jacqueline LongoriaGirl
American actress
- Eva Anna Paula BraunGirl
wife of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler
- Eva MendesGirl
American actress
- Eva GaborGirl
Hungarian,American socialite and actress
- Eva HesseGirl
German,American sculptor
- Eva Gaelle GreenGirl
French actress and model
- Eva Marie SaintGirl
American actress
- Eva Ibbotson (born Maria Charlotte Michelle Wiesner)Girl
Austrian,British novelist
- Eva Monica Anna Ekvall (Johnson)Girl
Venezuelan model and TV presenter
- Eva Qamaniq AariakGirl
Canadian politician, 2nd premier of Nunavut
- Evangelina "Eva" SimonsGirl
Dutch singer,songwriter
- Eva AngelinaGirl
American porn actress
- Eva Barbara NovakGirl
American silent film actress
- Eva Helene NansenGirl
Swedish operatic mezzo,soprano
- Eva NovakGirl
Gerard, Hungarian Olympic swimmer
- Eva NoblezadaGirl
American Broadway actress
- Eva Selina Laura GoreGirl
Booth, Irish poet and suffragist
- Eva Miriam HartGirl
English Titanic survivor
- Eva Catherine GardnerGirl
American electric bassist
- Eva IonescoGirl
French actress
- Eva CantarellaGirl
Italian classicist
- Eva GutowskiGirl
Youtuber behind the channel "MyLifeAsEva"
- Eva MarcilleGirl
American model and reality TV personality
- Eva AmurriGirl
American actress; daughter of actress Susan Sarandon
- Eva DaviesGirl
daughter of singer Ray Davies of The Kinks
- Eva Jean FortneyGirl
daughter of actress Maria Pitillo and David Fortney
- Eva Giselle JordanGirl
daughter of reality TV personalities Stevie J and Mimi Faust ("Love & Hip Hop Atlanta")
- Eva Luna WesterholtGirl
daughter of Dutch singer Sharon den Adel of Within Temptation and Robert Westerholt
- EvaGirl
Marie Thompson (b. 2009), daughter of sprinters Marion Jones and Obadele Thompson
- Eva Hollick (b. 2015)Girl
daughter of actors Michael Hollick and Angela Tsai
- Eva James Jenner (b. 2015)Girl
daughter of singer Leah Jenner and Brandon Jenner
- EvaGirl
Deia Branson (b. 2015), daughter of model/actress Isabella Calthorpe and Sam Branson; granddaughter of business mogul Richard Branson
- Eva Maria dos Santos (b. 2017)Girl
daughter of footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, twin of brother Mateo
- Eva Herzigova (b. 1973) CzechGirl
Italian Supermodel & actress
Eva in pop culture
- EvaGirl
main character in Wagner's opera "Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg"
- Little EvaGirl
character in "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
- Eva SanchezGirl
character in "The Purge"
- EvaGirl
Marco's mom in the Animorphs book series
- Eva KantGirl
character from the Diabolik series
- Eva WeiGirl
main character of the animated series "Oban Star Racers"
- EVAGirl
character in the Metal Gear video game series
- EvaGirl
character in the Devil May Cry video game series
- EvaGirl
the Goddess of Water in the mythology of the MMORPG Lineage II
- EvaGirl
character on animated series "Total Drama Island"
- EvaGirl
character in the movie "Igor"
- Eva UshiromiyaGirl
character in manga and anime "Umineko no Naku Koro ni"
- EvaGirl
character in animated series "The Zimmer Twins"
- EvaGirl
Rafael's wife in the Rio animated movies
- Eva PriceGirl
character on British soap "Coronation Street"
- "EvaGirl
" song by Nightwish
- Evelyn "Eva" LelandGirl
character in Elsie Dinsmore series
- "EvaGirl
" 2010 Romanian movie
- "EvaGirl
" 2011 Spanish movie
- Eva OlivierGirl
main character in 1962 Italian movie "Eva"
- "EvaGirl
" 1948 Swedish movie
- "EvaGirl
" novel by Peter Dickinson and its main character
- Eva SinclairGirl
character in the series "The Originals"
- Eva SeilerGirl
alias for Julie in Code Name Verity
- Eva TamsynGirl
main character in The Hybrid Chronicles by Kat Zhang
- Eva Kviig MohnGirl
character in the Norwegian TV series "Skam".
- Eva Mansfield (A.K.A. Amber Horn)Girl
character in MTV's "Awkward."
- "Deliver Us from Eva" 2003 romantic comedy filmGirl
named after the character of Evangeline "Eva" Dandrige