Eva

femaleBiblical Hebrew

A form of Eve used across many languages, from the Hebrew root 'hawa'.

Origin: Biblical Hebrew

Official popularity data is available for 7 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #6 in Norway in 1952. See regions.

Eva: Recorded every year since 1945, it reached #6 in 1952, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

7registrars recorded it
245times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#6highest recorded position
49groupings it qualifies for
84names it appears alongside

What stands out in Eva's record

Ranked inside the top 10 by 2 registrars. Names by top-10 reach
Ranked every year since 1945, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 43 years running. Names by top-100 run
England and Wales registered 1,946 births with the name in 2012, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count

EH-vah/ˈeh.vah/

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Data Confidence

Evidence: ModerateCompleteness: SubstantialEditorial review: 2026-07-21

Confidence in the evidencebehind this name's data — never a rating of the name itself, and never affected by how well it matches your preferences. How this is assessed

Because: backed by officially or academically authoritative sources, recently verified, popularity data covers multiple regions.

Source authority

Averaged from the real per-claim source-authority assessments already computed for this name's meaning/origin/pronunciation/popularity evidence.

Independent corroboration

Averaged from the real per-claim supporting-source counts already computed for this name's evidence.

See full evidence assessment (8 dimensions, 1 not yet tracked)

Source agreement

No recorded source disagreement for this name's meanings or origins.

Recency

Calculated from how long ago this record was last verified (2026-07-21), against a 270-day staleness threshold.

Geographic relevance

Calculated from the number of geographies with official popularity data (7) — broader official coverage means the evidence base is relevant to more of where the name is actually used.

Completeness

Calculated from how many of the expected data sections (variants, similar names, popularity, notable usage, IPA pronunciation) are actually populated for this name.

Direct observation vs. inference

Averaged from the real per-claim direct-observation-vs-inference ratios already computed for this name's evidence.

Identity & variant resolution quality

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Name Characteristics

How these are calculated

Descriptive attributes of the name itself — not a confidence measurement, and not an overall quality score. Namewise doesn't approve or disapprove of names.

Pronunciation clarity

Editorial judgement of how consistently this name is pronounced correctly on first read, mapped from an easy/moderate/variable rating to a number. Describes the name — not a measure of evidence confidence.

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling: shorter names with fewer irregular letter clusters score higher. A disclosed formula, not an editorial opinion — and not a confidence measurement.

Recorded regional spread

Derived from how many geographies' official statistics record this name. It measures where the name is registered, not how well-known it feels to people living there.

International spread

Derived from the same official statistical coverage, scaled to reflect how widely the name crosses national datasets. Not a measure of how easily it is understood in another language.

Trend stability

Derived from the name's traditional/modern classification and its current popularity trend direction.

Overview

Origin: Biblical Hebrew
Meaning: A form of Eve used across many languages, from the Hebrew root 'hawa'.
Pronunciation: EH-vah
Syllables: 2
Common nicknames: None recorded
Classification: Traditional & modern
Gender usage: female
Language family: Biblical Hebrew

Popularity

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#271
1997	#231
1998	#232
1999	#222
2000	#190
2001	#156
2002	#138
2003	#104
2004	#111
2005	#76
2006	#75
2007	#52
2008	#41
2009	#38
2010	#37
2011	#33
2012	#24
2013	#26
2014	#27
2015	#29
2016	#30
2017	#33
2018	#33
2019	#35
2020	#35
2021	#41
2022	#46
2023	#52
2024	#54
2025	#58

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in every year from 1945 to 2025.

In 2025: #22 among girls in Norway, #58 among girls in England and Wales, #69 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #80 among girls in New South Wales, Australia.

Official data from 7 national registrars across 7 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #8 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #58 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Eva appears in 6 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 81 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 18,325 births with the name.

Eva across 6 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Eva's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#8 (1945)	#6 (1952)	#22 (2025)	81 of 81	18,325 (1945–2025)	655 (1946)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#257 (1964)	#37 (2016)	#69 (2025)	62 of 62	4,718 (1964–2025)	201 (2009)
England and Wales · Girls	#271 (1996)	#24 (2012)	#58 (2025)	30 of 30	30,496 (1996–2025)	1,946 (2012)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#147 (1997)	#8 (2009)	#42 (2024)	28 of 28	2,408 (1997–2024)	178 (2008)
New Zealand · Girls	#82 (2002)	#19 (2012)	#60 (2023)	22 of 22	2,074 (2002–2023)	161 (2012)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#78 (2005)	#21 (2011)	#80 (2025)	21 of 21	3,583 (2005–2025)	240 (2015)

Eva by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Eva in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	2,677	5 of 10	535
1950s	4,874	10 of 10	487
1960s	3,807	10 of 10	381
1970s	2,147	10 of 10	215
1980s	1,085	10 of 10	109
1990s	557	10 of 10	56
2000s	658	10 of 10	66
2010s	1,306	10 of 10	131
2020s	1,214	6 of 10	202

Across Norway · Girls, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 535 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1946 and 1947, when recorded births fell by 135, from 655 to 520.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Eva appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

What the record shows

Recorded by 7 registrars between 1945 and 2025, ranked in 81 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #6, first reached in 1952.

It held a top-100 place in 74 years, 43 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 1,946 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

2 registrars ranked it inside their own top 10.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1964, and 79 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Eva was ranked #6 in Norway · Girls in 1952. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Eunice · #268, 40y
Euphemia · #2350, 20y
Eva-Grace · #440, 17y
Eva-Mae · #446, 21y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 7 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Finn · #6, 81y
Brian · #7, 79y
Christian · #7, 81y
Elizabeth · #5, 81y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Ada · #6, 76y
Aksel · #6, 81y
Berit · #6, 72y
Bjørg · #6, 70y

Comparisons involving Eva

Existing comparison pages where Eva and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Eva in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Eva vs Randi
In 1945 they stood at #8 and #11 in Norway · Girls, 3 places apart; by 2025 they were #22 and #522.
Eva · Randi · 75 shared years, 1945–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Eva vs Berit
In 1945 they stood at #8 and #7 in Norway · Girls, 1 places apart; by 2023 they were #21 and #494.
Eva · Berit · 72 shared years, 1945–2023 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2023 Norway ranking
Eva vs Karin
In 1945 they stood at #8 and #10 in Norway · Girls, 2 places apart; by 2025 they were #22 and #476.
Eva · Karin · 80 shared years, 1945–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Closest long-running positions

Names that stayed close to Eva within one registrar's list over many years. A gap measured inside that list, never across registrars.

Eva vs Abigail
Across 21 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Eva and Abigail averaged 6.7 places apart, ending at #80 and #55.
Eva · Abigail · 21 shared years, 2005–2025 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2025 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Eva vs Scarlett
Across 21 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Eva and Scarlett averaged 9.5 places apart, ending at #80 and #46.
Eva · Scarlett · 21 shared years, 2005–2025 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2025 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Eva vs Zara
Across 21 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Eva and Zara averaged 9.6 places apart, ending at #80 and #47.
Eva · Zara · 21 shared years, 2005–2025 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2025 New South Wales, Australia ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Eva and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Amelia vs Eva
In 2012, Amelia moved ahead of Eva in Northern Ireland · Girls — #33 and #10 the year before became #4 and #9.
Amelia · Eva · 27 shared years, 1997–2024 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 2012 Northern Ireland ranking
Ella vs Eva
In 2013, Ella moved ahead of Eva in Northern Ireland · Girls — #12 and #9 the year before became #4 and #11.
Ella · Eva · 28 shared years, 1997–2024 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 2013 Northern Ireland ranking
Sophia vs Eva
In 2011, Sophia moved ahead of Eva in Northern Ireland · Girls — #29 and #14 the year before became #4 and #10.
Sophia · Eva · 28 shared years, 1997–2024 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 2011 Northern Ireland ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

Pairs involving Eva measured in Norway's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Eva at its highest position.

Eva vs Turid
In 1945 they stood at #8 and #16 in Norway · Girls, 8 places apart; by 2021 they were #20 and #456.
Eva · Turid · 62 shared years, 1945–2021 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2021 Norway ranking
Eva vs Gerd
In 1945 they stood at #8 and #9 in Norway · Girls, 1 places apart; by 2003 they were #118 and #545.
Eva · Gerd · 52 shared years, 1945–2003 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2003 Norway ranking
Marit vs Eva
In 1945 they stood at #5 and #8 in Norway · Girls, 3 places apart; by 2025 they were #446 and #22.
Marit · Eva · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Eva and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Eva without appearing here.

Eva moved ahead of

Jude
In 1970 they stood at #231 and #231 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1971 that had become #220 and #417.
Jenny Compare
In 1996 they stood at #271 and #256 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #231 and #332.
Judith
In 1997 they stood at #147 and #147 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 1998 that had become #98 and #197.
Patricia
In 1997 they stood at #147 and #139 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 1998 that had become #98 and #197.

Moved ahead of Eva

Chloe
In 1987 they stood at #147 and #160 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1988 that had become #222 and #115.
Katie Compare
In 1984 they stood at #133 and #156 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1985 that had become #213 and #113.
Sophie Compare
In 1989 they stood at #164 and #179 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1990 that had become #163 and #116.
Emma Compare
In 1991 they stood at #117 and #131 in Norway · Girls; by 1992 that had become #136 and #97.

Moved the opposite way to Eva

Alma
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Eva went from #8 to #22 while Alma went from #293 to #8.
Ella Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Eva went from #8 to #22 while Ella went from #137 to #4.
Ellinor Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Eva went from #8 to #22 while Ellinor went from #102 to #7.
Frida
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Eva went from #8 to #22 while Frida went from #302 to #5.

Moved the same way as Eva

Anita
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Eva went from #8 to #22 and Anita from #162 to #459.
Anne Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Eva went from #8 to #22 and Anne from #1 to #159.
Åse Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Eva went from #8 to #22 and Åse from #25 to #93.
Aud Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Eva went from #8 to #22 and Aud from #13 to #427.

Meaning & Origin

A form of Eve used across many languages, from the Hebrew root 'hawa'.

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Biblical Hebrew

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

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Where Eva is officially recorded

7 official registrars have recorded Eva, between 1945 and 2025. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Norway	1945–2025	81	#6 in 1952
Republic of Ireland	1964–2025	62	#37 in 2016
England and Wales	1996–2025	30	#24 in 2012
Northern Ireland	1997–2024	28	#8 in 2009
New Zealand	2002–2023	22	#19 in 2012
New South Wales, Australia	2005–2025	21	#21 in 2011
Scotland	2024	1	#62 in 2024

Its high point came 72 years earlier in Norway (1952) than in Scotland (2024).

Variants

No spelling variants or nicknames recorded yet.

Similar Names

No similar names recorded yet for this name.

Similarity is a demonstration score — see methodology.

Spelling

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling — see Name Characteristics above.

No commonly used alternate spellings recorded.

Pronunciation

EH-vah/ˈeh.vah/

Syllables: 2
Ease: easy

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Where Eva Is Recorded

National statistical agencies have recorded Eva in these places. This shows where the name is used — not where it comes from, and not that it carries particular cultural significance there.

New South Wales, AustraliaEngland and WalesNorthern IrelandScotlandRepublic of IrelandNorwayNew Zealand

Notable Usage

No safely-sourced notable usage recorded for this name yet.

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Eva

Eva at a glance

What stands out in Eva's record

Overview

Popularity

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Eva across 6 official records

Eva by decade in Norway · Girls

Eva appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Eva

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Eva

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Eva and the names beside it

Eva moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Eva

Moved the opposite way to Eva

Moved the same way as Eva

Meaning & Origin

Where Eva is officially recorded

Variants

Similar Names

Spelling

Pronunciation

Where Eva Is Recorded

Notable Usage

Sibling & Surname Compatibility

Eva at a glance

What stands out in Eva's record

Eva across 6 official records

Eva by decade in Norway · Girls

Eva appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Eva

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Eva

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Eva and the names beside it

Eva moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Eva

Moved the opposite way to Eva

Moved the same way as Eva