girls:
33k births since 1881
#769 (87th percentile)
overall:
33k births since 1881
#1387 (82nd percentile)
The name Evangeline is the #1,387 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 33,002 recorded births since 1881. This represents the 82.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 82.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #769 (86.6% percentile) for all time with 33,002 births since 1881.
Evangeline first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1881 (first recorded for girls in 1881).
For girls, Evangeline reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 78.5% percentile (ranked #204) with 804 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 804 births per million (ranked 78.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1990, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Evangeline is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #204 (78.5% percentile) with 804 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Evangeline".
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Our model has identified 9 different pronunciations for the name Evangeline. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 21.0% confident that Evangeline is pronounced as ih-VAN-juh-leen, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ee-VAN-juh-leen, at 14.5% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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