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Evanthia

#12,304 in 2025Girls' name

Good-, well- + blossom

Evanthia has been given to 70 babies in the U.S. since 1923. In 2025 it ranked #12,304 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1977, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Evanthia, 2025

1 in 474,000

Evanthia over time, 1880–2025

Girls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Evanthia: meaning, origin, and history

Good-, well- + blossom

Greek

What Evanthia means

Evanthia means “good-, well- + blossom”, associated with εὐ- and άνθος.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Greek Ευανθία (Evanthía) and Latin Evanthia, from Ancient Greek Εὐανθία (Euanthía, from εὐ- (eu-, “good-, well-”) + άνθος (ánthos, “blossom”) + -ία (-ía, “-ia: forming feminine abstract nouns”)).

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Origin, language, and formation

Evanthia is used in English. Its origins include Greek.

Evanthia comes through Greek Ευανθία, Latin Evanthia and Ancient Greek Εὐανθία.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 70 girls were recorded with the name Evanthia between 1923 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1977; its best national rank was #5,206 in 1923.

How common is Evanthia?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 474,000
7 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 230,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#12,304
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
328,272 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Evanthia sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Evanthia. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Evanthias were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Evanthia was born before 2001 — so the typical Evanthia is around 24 today.

Median birth year
2001
About 24 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
30.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
57.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
65
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2000s — 30.0% of all recorded uses (21).

Is Evanthia rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
87.5%
Peak was 1977 (8)
Years since peak
48
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
60.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#5,206
1923

Evanthia around the world

Where Evanthia ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2002–2024
    #5,892
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1956–2011
    #840
    in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Evanthia by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#12,304
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#5,206
1923
Peak year
1977
8 that year
First recorded
1923
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
70
Count in 2025
7

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