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Baby name
Evelyn
Girl
Origin of the name
Evelyn was first an English surname, probably from the Norman name Aveline. It was long given to boys, like the writer Evelyn Waugh, before becoming mostly a girl's name.
Classic name
639,756births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 12rank at its peak, in 1921
Where babies named Evelyn are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Evelyn is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Evelyn is most common in North Dakota (1.6 times), South Dakota (1.5) and Nebraska (1.4), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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