Evelyn or Maya

Evelyn is the more popular girl name in Canada, #15 to #16 in 2024. Evelyn is the more popular girl name in England and Wales, #12 to #28 in 2025. Evelyn is the more popular girl name in the USA, #8 to #51 in 2024.

Place by place

Each place ranks its own registered births, so the two names are compared inside one list at a time, in that place's most recent complete year.

Where each place ranks Evelyn against Maya, in that place's most recent complete year.EvelynMaya#1#50#100#250Canada#15 → #16 ↓1England and Wales#12 → #28 ↓16USA#8 → #51 ↓43Alberta#11 → #34 ↓23British Columbia#10 → #11 ↓1Ontario#12 → #7 ↑5Quebec#180 → #53 ↑127
PlaceYear Evelyn Maya Ahead
Canada2024#15#16Evelyn
England and Wales2025#12#28Evelyn
USA2024#8#51Evelyn
Alberta2024#11#34Evelyn
British Columbia2024#10#11Evelyn
Ontario2024#12#7Maya
Quebec2024#180#53Maya

Evelyn and Maya in Canada, 2020–2024

Evelyn climbed from #16 in 2020 to #15 in 2024 in Canada. Maya climbed from #27 in 2020 to #16 in 2024 in Canada.

Evelyn and Maya ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#50#15 Evelyn#16 Maya20202021202220232024

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Evelyn and Maya in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Evelyn climbed from #21 in 2020 to #12 in 2025 in England and Wales. Maya climbed from #32 in 2020 to #28 in 2025 in England and Wales. Maya passed Evelyn in 2024. Evelyn passed Maya in 2025.

Evelyn and Maya ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#50#12 Evelyn#28 Maya202020212022202320242025

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Evelyn and Maya in the USA, 2020–2024

Evelyn climbed from #9 in 2020 to #8 in 2024 in the USA. Maya climbed from #61 in 2020 to #51 in 2024 in the USA.

Evelyn and Maya ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#50#100#8 Evelyn#51 Maya20202021202220232024

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Other comparisons

How this comparison is built

Both names are ranked by how many babies were registered with that exact spelling, so every position here counts real births rather than votes or searches. Rank is the only measure every source publishes, so it is what the charts plot; birth counts are not released for every place.

A place appears only in the years it published a complete list, which is why a name can be missing from a year it was almost certainly given to some babies. See every head-to-head on the site, or the ranked lists these names come from.