Evita
Evita is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 9 births. Its best rank was 779th, in 1981.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 90.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1981210 births
- Best rank
- #779in 1981
- Since 1951
- 1,239people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,239 girls have been named Evita in the United States since 1951, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1981, with 210 births.
The name has all but left use: 9 births in 2024, against 210 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1984, and the 1980s alone account for 53%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1981, its biggest year
Evita was the 779th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1981 were Jennifer, Jessica, Amanda, Sarah and Melissa. See all of 1981.
Names that rose and fell with Evita
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kaleenapeak 1983
- Lonipeak 1980
- Mypeak 1982
- Marquitapeak 1983
- Falonpeak 1983
- Thuypeak 1983
- Phuongpeak 1982
- Sheenapeak 1984
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.