Evan

#3,167 for girls in 2025, 50 births · #153 for boys in 2025, 2,412 births
Given to boys 98.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
2009 · 10,280 births
Debut · boys
22 births
In top 100 · boys
37 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
287,701
since 1880

Evan over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201917peak #35, 2009boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,16750#1532,412
2024#2,77561#1432,535
2023#2,67465#1372,597
2022#2,27782#1332,845
2021#2,08591#1163,207
2020#2,10087#1053,418
2019#2,40074#963,964
2018#2,11390#854,392
2017#2,18487#854,727
2016#2,18888#695,613
2015#2,01298#675,916
2014#2,39176#586,725
2013#1,929103#557,120
2012#1,690124#477,912
2011#1,968100#408,661
2010#2,20288#369,732
2009#1,956106#3510,280
2008#1,704131#389,926
2007#1,838115#4010,295
2006#2,01698#4210,129
2005#1,790109#3910,109
2004#1,498134#399,983
2003#2,00190#449,444
2002#1,771102#567,386
2001#1,97886#567,258
2000#1,96985#557,334
1999#2,01877#576,850
1998#1,80186#636,084
1997#1,80283#616,002
1996#1,66991#655,577
1995#1,65189#606,092
1994#1,55799#625,895
1993#1,518103#626,089
1992#1,322127#666,051
1991#1,219141#705,448
1990#1,410112#715,308
1989#1,350114#694,926
1988#1,60081#744,337
1987#1,53183#833,868
1986#1,39292#813,887
1985#1,297103#913,219
1984#1,39783#982,937
1983#1,49676#933,046
1982#1,78661#1082,669
1981#1,86758#1391,972
1980#2,80032#1591,623
1979#3,07827#1691,402
1978#3,00926#1991,156
1977#3,17624#2201,006
1976#4,36314#254777
1975#4,59313#303620
1974#6,2588#292631
1973#6,6667#305573
1972#5,9598#322560
1971#3,78916#333549
1970#6,3627#323596
1969#3,61915#332544
1968#7,0165#366450
1967#5,4577#338492
1966#4,4939#319546
1965#3,14916#321559
1964#3,69213#316605
1963#4,8968#373455
1962#3,43814#355494
1961#3,60813#361488
1960#3,21215#371451
1959#3,43613#400395
1958#4,1939#433328
1957#3,30913#441301
1956#2,92916#401357
1955#3,77810#407323
1954#2,77916#424287
1953#3,48011#420275
1952#3,7969#406289
1951#3,48210#448226
1950#3,23511#459208
1949#4,6736#505174
1948#5,2435#512165
1947#463210
1946#501166
1945#3,3888#510138
1944#522136
1943#508148
1942#3,7387#496154
1941#526128
1940#3,2088#517126
1939#4,2505#503126
1938#511128
1937#529120
1936#58697
1935#3,7426#558106
1934#492136
1933#3,4067#550108
1932#545116
1931#554112
1930#532126
1929#3,6827#536118
1928#4,7255#529130
1927#4,8055#472164
1926#3,5648#539127
1925#3,6648#483157
1924#4,0027#475170
1923#502147
1922#3,3799#458182
1921#4,0237#494157
1920#482159
1919#515132
1918#3,8697#446178
1917#4,0836#446161
1916#4,4175#413182
1915#4,2745#448149
1914#48999
1913#44892
1912#44677
1911#56229
1910#50131
1909#51925
1908#49925
1907#54020
1906#43126
1905#50720
1904#68612
1903#43022
1902#47520
1901#38324
1900#46924
1899#45717
1898#40324
1897#47317
1896#55114
1895#57913
1894#36725
1893#44817
1892#42220
1891#41118
1890#37622
1889#44617
1888#39822
1887#35621
1886#57811
1885#36423
1884#37522
1883#41218
1882#54012
1881#33224
1880#36322
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Evan was already there! It came in at #363, and was given to 22 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1886, when fewer than 12 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 10 spots since 2024 (#143#153)
  • 48 spots since 2020 (#105#153)
  • 86 spots since 2015 (#67#153)
  • Biggest jump: 222 spots in 1887 (#578#356)
  • Biggest drop: 256 spots in 1904 (#430#686)
Rise & fade · boys
129 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2009 at #35 (10,280 births)
  • Births halved by 2017, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 37 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 37 yrs · run 1983–2019
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 193
  • Highest: 1 in 193 boys born in 2009 were named Evan (0.52%)
  • Latest: 1 in 708 boys born in 2025 (0.14%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 32.0% of all boys named Evan (92,144) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s192#332 (1881)#416
1890s187#367 (1894)#449
1900s218#383 (1901)#494
1910s1,130#413 (1916)#471
1920s1,511#458 (1922)#497
1930s1,175#492 (1934)#536
1940s1,545#463 (1947)#506
1950s2,989#400 (1959)#424
1960s5,084#316 (1964)#345
1970s7,870#169 (1979)#272
1980s32,484#69 (1989)#100
1990s59,396#57 (1999)#64
2000s92,144#35 (2009)#44
2010s64,762#36 (2010)#64
2020s17,014#105 (2020)#131

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Evan in 1917

girls
#4,083
6 births · 1 in 180,211 girls
boys
#446
161 births · 1 in 5,748 boys

Top girls' names in 1917

  1. #1Mary64,280
  2. #2Helen34,251
  3. #3Dorothy28,852
  4. #4Margaret25,560
  5. #5Ruth23,568
  6. #6Mildred16,256
  7. #7Anna15,160
  8. #8Elizabeth15,131
  9. #9Frances14,363
  10. #10Virginia14,261
  11. #4,083Evan6

Top boys' names in 1917

  1. #1John51,852
  2. #2William42,422
  3. #3James37,337
  4. #4Robert35,220
  5. #5Joseph24,761
  6. #6George24,196
  7. #7Charles24,143
  8. #8Edward17,501
  9. #9Frank15,768
  10. #10Thomas12,611
  11. #446Evan161
More about 1917

girls

1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 180,211 of them was named Evan, which outranked 23.1% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Evan
  1. #3,713Zenia7
  2. #3,713Zenna7
  3. #3,713Zoila7
  4. #4,083Evan6
  5. #4,083Addis6
  6. #4,083Adelaine6
  7. #4,083Adena6
  8. #4,594Aaron5
  9. #4,594Abell5
  10. #4,594Adalaide5

Tied with 510 names at #4,083; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 549Georgene#1,445#896
  2. 380Ottie#1,332#952
  3. 365Louis#1,298#933
  4. 334Valentine#1,298#964
  5. 322Harold#1,210#888
Fallers
  1. 401Ceola#840#1,241
  2. 373Floretta#964#1,337
  3. 344Buelah#993#1,337
  4. 326Glennie#915#1,241
  5. 290Maye#915#1,205

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 5,748 of them was named Evan, which outranked 90.3% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Evan
  1. #443Lamar163
  2. #443Luke163
  3. #445Van162
  4. #446Evan161
  5. #447Major159
  6. #447Mary159
  7. #447Ulysses159
Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 520Nicolas#1,304#784
  2. 469Hezekiah#1,415#946
  3. 433Hilliard#1,415#982
  4. 404Rayford#1,304#900
  5. 338Minoru#1,335#997
Fallers
  1. 1,738Tatsuo#824#2,562
  2. 709Berlin#984#1,693
  3. 556Prentice#972#1,528
  4. 473Manning#964#1,437
  5. 457Lovell#939#1,396

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1917