How Many People Are Named Evita?

1,202

people named Evita are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 284,346 people in the US has this name

Based on 1,247 babies named Evita in Social Security records from 1951 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#9,380

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#5,257

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Peak Year

1981

210 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Spanish
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Diminutive of EVA.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Evita in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Evita alive today is about 35 years old, and 61% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 23 and 44 in 2025.

Under 30 402
33.5%
30 to 59 729
60.7%
60 and over 70
5.8%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Evita first appears in the records in 1951 and was given most often in 1981, to 210 babies. In 2025, 8 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1951 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Evita has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #779, in 1981. In 2025 it ranked #11,250.

Girls
Rank in 2025#11,250
Best rank#779 (1981)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,794 in the 1980s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Evita alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Evita were born in California than in any other state: about 125 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Evita was given 3.4 times as often in Illinois, 3.3 times in New York and 2.3 times in California.

California 125
New York 95
Illinois 72
Michigan 23
Texas 19
New Jersey 17
Florida 15
Alabama 10
Indiana 8
North Carolina 7
Georgia 7
Tennessee 7
South Carolina 6
Louisiana 5
Pennsylvania 5

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