Name meaning & stats
Evalyn
Evalyn means “desired (debated)” (Germanic origin). 5,867 US babies since 1940, peak 2014.
What it means
“desired (debated)”
GermanicForm of Evelyn
In US birth records
Peak year: 2014
5,867 US babies were named Evalyn between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Evalyn (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 63 Evelyns spell it Evalyn
- Evelyn 89%
- Evelynn 4%
- Evelin 2%
- Evalyn 2%
- Evalynn 1%
- Evelyne <1%
- Eveline <1%
- Evelynne <1%
- Evaline <1%
- Evlyn <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2014)