Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Evah isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1887. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Evah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 782
- 0 boys · 782 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 37 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #8,020 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −7%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,020 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 6.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 37 in 2011. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 419 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Evah’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Evah, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Elisa
“my God is bountiful” · “God is my oath”
>99% girls
Ella
“from a foreign land”
>99% girls
Aliyah
Aliyah is used as a given name. One Arabic interpretation is “an ascender; one having the highest social standing.”
>99% girls
Eve
“giver of life; a lively woman”
>99% girls
Ava
Ava is a name with an uncertain early history and a prominent twentieth-century revival or re-creation.
>99% girls
Aniyah
“a woman graced with God's favor”
>99% girls
Elise
“my God is bountiful” · “God is my oath”
>99% girls
Estrella
“star of the sea” · “resembling a star”
>99% girls