Name meaning & stats
Eva
Eva means “life” (Latin origin). 144,777 US babies since 1940, peak 2016.
What it means
“life”
LatinWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2016
144,777 US babies were named Eva between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Eva (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Eva is the main spelling
- Eva 99%
- Evah <1%
- Evia <1%
- Eeva <1%
- Evva <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2016)