Evelyn or Violet

Evelyn is the more popular girl name in Canada, #15 to #17 in 2024. Evelyn is the more popular girl name in England and Wales, #12 to #37 in 2025. Evelyn is the more popular girl name in the USA, #8 to #15 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 Violet, in that place's most recent complete year.EvelynViolet#1#100#250#500Canada#15 → #17 ↓2England and Wales#12 → #37 ↓25USA#8 → #15 ↓7Alberta#11 → #19 ↓8British Columbia#10 → #15 ↓5Ontario#12 → #11 ↑1Quebec#180 → #304 ↓124
PlaceYear Evelyn Violet Ahead
Canada2024#15#17Evelyn
England and Wales2025#12#37Evelyn
USA2024#8#15Evelyn
Alberta2024#11#19Evelyn
British Columbia2024#10#15Evelyn
Ontario2024#12#11Violet
Quebec2024#180#304Evelyn

Evelyn and Violet in Canada, 2020–2024

Evelyn climbed from #16 in 2020 to #15 in 2024 in Canada. Violet climbed from #34 in 2020 to #17 in 2024 in Canada.

Evelyn and Violet ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#50#15 Evelyn#17 Violet20202021202220232024

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Evelyn and Violet in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Evelyn climbed from #21 in 2020 to #12 in 2025 in England and Wales. Violet climbed from #48 in 2020 to #37 in 2025 in England and Wales.

Evelyn and Violet ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#50#12 Evelyn#37 Violet202020212022202320242025

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Evelyn and Violet in the USA, 2020–2024

Evelyn climbed from #9 in 2020 to #8 in 2024 in the USA. Violet climbed from #37 in 2020 to #15 in 2024 in the USA.

Evelyn and Violet ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#50#8 Evelyn#15 Violet20202021202220232024

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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.