Given name
Evita
“giver of life; a lively woman”
In English use, Evita is an affectionate form of Eva. One Hebrew interpretation is “giver of life; a lively woman.”
Original SpanishEva
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Evita is an affectionate form of Eva. One Hebrew interpretation is “giver of life; a lively woman.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Spanish use, Evita is used as an affectionate form of Eva.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1951. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Evita through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,247
- 0 boys · 1,247 girls
- Most popular year
- 1981
- 210 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,254 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −10%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,254 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 210 in 1981. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,364 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.
Evita’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Evita is a diminutive of Eva. In English usage, Evita is an affectionate form of Eva. Evita has a related form in Eva.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Evieequivalent
- Eveequivalent
- Eviequivalent
- Evvieequivalent
- Ewaequivalent
- Eevaequivalent
- Avitaequivalent
- Ievaequivalent
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People named Evita
- Evita MuñozMexican actress and comedian (1936-2016)
- Evita LeterSurinamese swimmerborn 1995
- EvitaMexican singer and actressborn 1901
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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