How many Evies do you know?!

Evie is also #17 in Scotland with 161 born in 2022. Meanwhile Evelyn is #80 with 51.

Not Evie, but Eve. My niece she's 22, I hated the name when she was born but love it now and it suits her. She's stunning, bright, has a lot of fun and enjoys life.

I don’t think anyone has shown you these numbers @pancakesandpepsi ; apologies if so.

You need to consider the combination of Evies and Evelyns to get an accurate picture of the current popularity of Evie only (leaving aside the other Evie-adjacent names).

Evie, #24, 1670 babies in 2021
Evelyn, # 21, 1729 babies in 2021.

1670+1729=3399

Assuming that a significant proportion of the Evelyns will be known as Evie this places Evie at #2 in England and Wales, behind Olivia (#1, 3649) and ahead of Amelia (#2, 3164) and Ava (#4, 2576). This doesn’t account for the 113 Evangelines or 281 Eves who, if added, would take the figure (3793) ahead of Olivia and make Evie the most popular name in the country if they all used the diminutive.

I only mention this because you said that popularity is a consideration and I think it’s helpful to get an accurate picture. Don’t forget that your child is very unlikely to spend their whole life in the region where you currently live.

For me it’s the dominance of the ‘ee’ or ‘ay’ + ‘v’ pattern that makes each individual name seem even more ubiquitous and I suspect this is what will ultimately be associated with 2010s and 2020s babies. Ava in particular is absolutely everywhere. The more ubiquitous a name the more likely it will be used to describe an archetype. Something similar happens with boys’ names being described as ‘naughty’: there is no such thing as a ‘naughty name’ but Jack, for example, is sometimes described as such because there are simply so many of them and a few of them are a bit naughty.

Popularity doesn’t matter a jot to many many people but those genuinely unbothered people don’t start threads on MN asking how many Evies everyone knows!

I only know one Evie and she’s about 10. We have an Eve in the family. It’s always been one of my favourite names. I much prefer it to Evie and Eva. It’s much less common ( used less). Our family Eve got Evie when she was growing up but gets Eve the vast majority of the time now.

Oh, I agree most of the popular (top 50 ish) names will date to some extent @TiedUpWithABlackVelvetBand - the only way to to avoid that with popular names is to choose one that has always been popular (lots more choice for boys, but basically limited to Elizabeth for girls!).

I just can't see why the "Ev" names will date anymore than many of the other girls names in the top 100! With so many being quite similar now, if OP isn't bothered by popularity then I don't see why picking Evie rather than say, Lily or something is any better or worse. We have no idea what could be the Tracey or Karen of the future (ie. unfairly a bit of a negative stereotype now) rather than the Susan or Linda (dated to age but no stereotype on background/behaviour).

I have a DD whose birth certificate says Eva but we've only ever called her Evie.

All of those names will date, @IamnotwhouthinkIam!

I know only too well, I have one of them!

It was MASSIVELY dated when I was given it in the 1970s - a total ‘old lady’ name and not in a good way.

Come the turn of the century, and suddenly everyone started calling their daughters my name (and its many variations).

All the Evie / Sophie / Isabelle / Mia / Molly / Ellie names will date to this era.

By the time out DC have children of their own, they definitely will not be going for these ^^ names.

While I don't have one myself, I'm really surprised people say they know lots of Eve's rather than Evie's. Eve has never even made it into the top 50, even when it surged slightly in the late 90's/early 2000's. Otherwise it's generally stayed on a pretty even keel somewhere between 120-200 - it's in that sweet spot of very well known, easy to spell and pronounce but not overused imo. I think there's a reason it often makes "classic" name lists - and I personally know 3 - one in their 70's, one 40's and another in her teens, so I think it suits all ages.

I agree Eva/Efa/Evie/Evelyn does seem a lot more popular with the younger crowd - I'm in North Wales and know at least a couple of each, all under 20 (apart from one Evelyn who'd be over 100 now if she was still with us). However I'm still not sure how some posters are so certain the "Ev" names will date especially badly - how is Eva/Evie/Evelyn any different than Sophie/Sofia/Sophia, Isabel/Isabelle/Isabella, Mia/Maya/Mila, Milly/Tilly/Lilly, Layla/Lila/Lyra, Ellie/Ella/Elsie etc... more than half the girls names in the top 100 blend into one another! There's less obvious standout "surging" popular names like the Tracey's and Karen's of the past imo.

3 in one nursery room, although one now uses her full name of Evelyn. South East

Which will date really badly.

Yes but you are quite clearly a bit name obsessed. Most people on this board are (including me). The majority of people in real life really don’t care this much about what anyone is called!!

I have looked at Sarah and thought 'god that's utterly depressingly boring' though. So some people really do think like this because I'm one of them.

I feel for the Evie clones and the Oliver drones.

I don't think you have to have a unique name, but with the sheer number of names available I do find the level of conformity really depressing.

There is a happy medium in between.

I don't really get the fascination of rare names. There are too many of us to all be different and I never looked at a Sarah and thought how disgustingly common. Jessica was the most common name in my year of birth and I went to school with one

@RedToothBrush, where are you even getting this from? Are you still talking about me and my comments, because they have gone so far off tangent that I'm no longer sure.

Or to simply ignore what others say about the name blending into one if you are keen to not pick something over used or likely to date badly.

I never said I was keen to not pick something overused. In fact I specifically said we were well aware that she might be one of many girls called Eva or a slightly different but similar sounding name like Evie, Eve, Ava, Ivy, Aoife, Evelyn etc. But we didn't care because it was a name we both loved and agreed on, and one I had loved for about 15 years.

Imo, but clearly not yours, Eva is a not a trend name and will not date badly. I think Evie is, along with many other cutsie names, and even Ava to a certain extent. But Eve, Eva and Evelyn are classic, timeless names that have been around for generations. Your problem is that your small brain 'can't tell the difference' because they 'blend into a blob'. That says more about you.

...at some point in life you are going to come across a whole pile of other people the same age as you with the same name.

I didn't say this wasn't the case I know it is a popular name, along with other similar sounding names, and no doubt we will come across other people with the same name, but that wasn't the question. The question was how many Evies do you know now. And I answered that I don't know anyone called Evie, but my own DD is called Eva and I know one other Eva. The very fact that I linked them shows I know they are similar sounding names. It's not like I said I don't know any Evies but my DD is called Clementine.

And no, I don't live in a hole. I'm just stating the fact that despite this and many other names being 'so popular', in my DD's class and school, she is the only Eva and there is no one else with one the Ev- names or anything similar as we assumed would probably be the case.

I also have a name that was supposedly everywhere in the 70s/80s but I never had someone with the same name in my class throughout my school years either. I've met a fair few since but so what?

If you are happy with the clone / rather dull perception others WILL have of it, that's fine but don't kid yourself that isn't how others see it and insist it's a distinct name.

Literally could not care less. Why would I? People can judge/perceive the name however they want...it says more about them. And once more, I have never claimed that it is a distinct name. I said it was a beautiful, timeless name and I stand by that.

@darjeelingrose nope not a joke. I'm aware of original spellings as I have one (it's legit but not English) and as previously said have to spell it a lot and multiple times so was frustrated when I knew DD would spend her life doing the same.

That being said, almost everyone spells it right and no one sees it as a spelling mistake (and I don't care if they do) Just an alternative spelling. There were 5 others with the same name born in her year so she isn't the only.

My daughter (aged 5) is Evelyn, but we sometimes shorten it to Evie.

I came across quite a lot of Evie’s in my previous job role (working with school aged kids), but other than my daughter I only personally know of one other Evie (also shortened from Evelyn).

I don’t personally know any other adults with the name.

I’m in the north west.

No. I just think it's bonkers to talk about the name like this as if you live in a cave!

Or to simply ignore what others say about the name blending into one if you are keen to not pick something over used or likely to date badly.

No in a hole about it.

I just think you are totally blinkered if you can't see that it's a trend name and at some point in life you are going to come across a whole pile of other people the same age as you with the same name.

If you are happy with the clone / rather dull perception others WILL have of it, that's fine but don't kid yourself that isn't how others see it and insist it's a distinct name.

6, ranging from 16 down to babies. Three just in my daughters preschool class. South east.

When you're in a hole and all that....
So the OP asks, how many and where. A poster then posts, that it's odd as they are supposed to be everywhere, but she doesn't know any. She answers the question, and you think that she's kidding herself. If I tell you that I know nobody called Mavis, and yet there are, statistically, people out there named Mavis, would you then post to tell me that I am kidding myself about not knowing anybody called Mavis?

I hope you are joking, your poor daughter, original spellings are annoying for the person at the best of times, but that is just going to come across as a spelling mistake forever.

There are no children with similar names.

Just all the ones running around the country mentioned on this thread.

She lives in a bubble she will never escape?

Ok then.