How many Eva's do you know?

[Treesandbees]

So after many months of debate DH and I have got a shortlist for DD due in 3 weeks. Eva is top of the list but we have been warned off it due to popularity. We never wanted a top 10 name and on last ONS stats it was 26.

So it would be great to get a feel for how popular it really is now. How many do you know, what age are they and what area do you live in?

[DoloresLandingham]

www.britishbabynames.com/blog/combined-spellings-2013-girls.html is useful for its overview of combined spellings for popular names.

Ava is already top ten; Evie and Eva will, I suspect, increase in popularity in this year's statistics. If it's really important to you to avoid a top ten name then I think you need to find something else.

[Ficidy]

I am in Ireland and it is extremely popular. Like another poster, I hear mothers calling their daughters Eve, Eva, Ava etc all the time when out and about. I actually always think that it's the most popular name I have heard recently, even though it's not at the top of the statistics list just yet.

Personally, I know 6 of various spellings (as above).

[BothEndsBurning]

Eve, Evie, Eva and Ava are all the same name really, so easily top ten if not in first place. I personally know three baby Evies, one is really Eva and I think one is Evelyn. All called Evie though, so it amounts to the same thing. This is in one village.

[Jungfraujoch]

1 Eva aged 20 yrs
1 Evie aged 14
1 Eve aged 6
1 Ava aged 10

[TwentiethCenturyGirl]

5 Evas and 2 Evies - all between 10 months and 6. NW England.

[tumbletumble]

I don't know any Evas.

But I know two Eves, two Avas, two Evies and an Evelyn, so as others have pointed out, the cumulative effect is a popular name!

[amy0787]

4 evas

4 Evie's

All in rural East Yorkshire. Very popular here! I loved Ava but had a rethink, all lovely names though x

[wheelycote]

2 x Eva's age between 5-8

[Raines100]

No Eva's
1 Ava aged 6
1 Evie aged 7
We're in Surrey

[Mamabird3]

Just one Eva, my dd born in 2008, we've not met another one yet or an Ava or Evie either for that matter. I'm in the sw. I think if you love the name then you should go for it. For what it's worth, both my sons have 'popular' names as well according to the stats but we've never met another of their names either!

[afink]

I know 4 Evas between 0-6.

But the number is much much higher when I add all the Evies, Eves and Avas on - all of those names blur into one. When all are taken into account, I know around 15 girls with those very similar names. It's the equivalent of calling your daughter Claire or Sarah in the early 80s.

[ArsenalsPlayingAtHome]

The thing with the names Ava, Evie and Eva is that they all sound the same to me .

I avoid calling any of the girls with these names by their actual names, as I'm sure I'd get them mixed up.

In all I know about 6/7 girls with these names. I genuinely can't tell you how many of each, for reasons explained above.

[PestoSwimissimos]

2 Eva's
1 Ava
1 Evie

[MamaMotherMummy]

2 Evas who are 24
1 Eva who is 8

2 out of those three are of Chinese descent. Don't know if it's particularly popular among Chinese or if it's just a coincidence.

[thisbabyisgoingtocomeoutatwix]

None
Despite how popular I'm told it is, don't even know of any. Know 1 Ava and 1 Evie

[JiltedJohnsJulie]

Lost count as there's so many. Also know lots of Ava's and there was a time I thought Evie was the compulsory name for new DDs in our town. I'm in the NW.

Sorry if that's not what you wanted to hear.

[FirstOfficerDouglasRichardson]

2 Evas and 3 Avas all under the age of 4.

[CoffeeChocolateWine]

Three Evas including my DD. One is 6 and the other two are 3. I'm in south west London.

I don't know any Avas, or any Evies and only one Evelyn who is in her 50s. I know one Aoife.

I keep hearing that there are Evas, Avas and Evies EVERYWHERE and my Eva will be in a class of many, but I have no idea where they are all hiding!

[Wigeon]

1. One is 7 and one is 6. Hertfordshire and Surrey.
   

When the 7 year old was named (in 2008), it was 41st most popular girls' name, between Brooke and Elizabeth. And it's just kept creeping up the table! . DD2's name was at 486th the year she was born ...

[Wigeon]

There are no other Evas in my DD1's school (c.180 pupils), apart from DD1...

[Wigeon]

Hm, my unpopular DD2's name has climbed to 358th now, having been at 486th when she was born..I am clearly a trend setter!

Go for a name you love, even if it's first in the tables!

[RedToothBrush]

I did this on another thread recently.

Done in a slightly different way to British baby names (I only counted names with 50 or more babies)

You can do a certain amount of arguing over which belong to Amelia or Emily but you can definitely see the point here anyway.

The 'real' top 7 is more like 1) Ava, 2) Amelia, 3) Isabella, 4) Sophie, 5) Lily, 6) Emily and 7) Olivia with the alternatives mixed in.

Ava - 4th 3575 babies
Evie - 14th 2676 babies
Eva - 26th 1822 babies
Evelyn - 42nd 1277 babies
Eve - 131st 408 babies
Evangeline - 324th 144 babies
Ava-Rose - 345th 131 babies
Evie-Mae - 484th 87 babies
Evie-Rose - 519th 80 babies
Ava-Mae - 575th 71 babies
Evalyn - 593rd 69 babies
TOTAL 10340

Amelia 1st 5570 babies
Amelie 52nd 1095 babies
Emilia - 64th 945 babies
Amy 76th 718 babies
Emelia - 185th 283 babies
Aimee 189th 279 babies
Amelia-Rose 214th 237 babies
Emilija - 515th 81 babies
Amalie 561 76 babies
TOTAL 9284

Sophie - 9th 3013 babies
Sophia - 15th 2764 babies
Sofia - 30th 1610 babies
TOTAL 7387

Isabella 8th 3246 babies
Isabelle 19th 2287 babies
Isabel 85th 645 babies
Isobel 89th 615 babies
Izabella 318th 147 babies
Isobelle 386th 113 babies
Isobella 626th 65 babies
Izzy 626th 65 babies
Izabela 659th 61 babies
TOTAL 7244

Lily - 12th 2883 babies
Lilly - 37th 1386 babies
Lillie - 155th 330 babies
Liliana - 224th 226 babies
Lily-Rose - 233rd 216 babies
Lily-Mae - 249th 198 babies
Lilah - 270th 175 babies
Lilly-May - 273rd 172 babies
Lila -290th 161 babies
Lilly-Rose - 306th 152 babies
Lilly-Mae - 324th 144 babies
Lillian - 339th 135 babies
Lillia - 342th 133 babies
Lily-May - 355th 128 babies
Lillie-Mae - 456th 92 babies
Lili - 492nd 81 babies
Lilian -575th 71 babies
Lillia - 608th 67 babies
Lily-Mai - 712th 56 babies
Lily-Grace 766th 51 babies
TOTAL 6857

Emily - 3rd 4049 babies
Emma - 14th 1045 babies
Emillie - 232nd 217 babies
Emmie - 242nd 205 babies
Emmeline - 445th 94 babies
Emmy - 460th 91 babies
Emily-Rose 608th 67 babies
Emeli 699th 57 babies
Ema 750th 52 babies
TOTAL 5877

Olivia 2nd 4598 babies
Olive -233rd 191 babies
Oliwia -280th 168 babies
Olivia-Rose 528th 79 babies
TOTAL 5036

[BloodyClarey]

About 4, all under 5. Plus several Evies and Avas.

[Unoriginalusername123]

Evas, Avas, Evies and the like are everywhere. I know:

Eva x 3 (all with different pronunciations)
Evie x 2
Ava x 2
Aoife x 1
Evie-Grace x 1

These are all under the age of eight with the majority being toddlers or babies.

[happybunny2014]

My DD is the only Eva I know of