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Evia vs Evian

American parents have registered 1,025 Evias since 1880, against 902 Evians. But in 2025 it was Evian that was commoner, 51 babies to 11.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Evia against Evian, 1880 to 2025 0 25 50 75 100 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Evia Evian

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 104 years in which either name was published, Evia for 70 years and Evian for 34 years. The lead changed hands 7 times.

Side by side

  Evia Evian
Total US births 1,025902
Most in one year 3186
Babies in 2025 1151
Estimated living today 360890
Median age today 149
Peak year 19192024
Best rank 1,393rd girls1,938th boys
Rank in 2025 8,860th2,572nd
First recorded 18881988
Girls / boys 1,025 / 0273 / 629

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Evias alive today are over 14; half the Evians are over 9. That is 5 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Evia and Evian.