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
- Peak · boys
- 2009 · 10,280 births
- Debut · boys
- 22 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 37 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 287,701since 1880
Evan over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,167 | 50 | #153 | 2,412 |
| 2024 | #2,775 | 61 | #143 | 2,535 |
| 2023 | #2,674 | 65 | #137 | 2,597 |
| 2022 | #2,277 | 82 | #133 | 2,845 |
| 2021 | #2,085 | 91 | #116 | 3,207 |
| 2020 | #2,100 | 87 | #105 | 3,418 |
| 2019 | #2,400 | 74 | #96 | 3,964 |
| 2018 | #2,113 | 90 | #85 | 4,392 |
| 2017 | #2,184 | 87 | #85 | 4,727 |
| 2016 | #2,188 | 88 | #69 | 5,613 |
| 2015 | #2,012 | 98 | #67 | 5,916 |
| 2014 | #2,391 | 76 | #58 | 6,725 |
| 2013 | #1,929 | 103 | #55 | 7,120 |
| 2012 | #1,690 | 124 | #47 | 7,912 |
| 2011 | #1,968 | 100 | #40 | 8,661 |
| 2010 | #2,202 | 88 | #36 | 9,732 |
| 2009 | #1,956 | 106 | #35 | 10,280 |
| 2008 | #1,704 | 131 | #38 | 9,926 |
| 2007 | #1,838 | 115 | #40 | 10,295 |
| 2006 | #2,016 | 98 | #42 | 10,129 |
| 2005 | #1,790 | 109 | #39 | 10,109 |
| 2004 | #1,498 | 134 | #39 | 9,983 |
| 2003 | #2,001 | 90 | #44 | 9,444 |
| 2002 | #1,771 | 102 | #56 | 7,386 |
| 2001 | #1,978 | 86 | #56 | 7,258 |
| 2000 | #1,969 | 85 | #55 | 7,334 |
| 1999 | #2,018 | 77 | #57 | 6,850 |
| 1998 | #1,801 | 86 | #63 | 6,084 |
| 1997 | #1,802 | 83 | #61 | 6,002 |
| 1996 | #1,669 | 91 | #65 | 5,577 |
| 1995 | #1,651 | 89 | #60 | 6,092 |
| 1994 | #1,557 | 99 | #62 | 5,895 |
| 1993 | #1,518 | 103 | #62 | 6,089 |
| 1992 | #1,322 | 127 | #66 | 6,051 |
| 1991 | #1,219 | 141 | #70 | 5,448 |
| 1990 | #1,410 | 112 | #71 | 5,308 |
| 1989 | #1,350 | 114 | #69 | 4,926 |
| 1988 | #1,600 | 81 | #74 | 4,337 |
| 1987 | #1,531 | 83 | #83 | 3,868 |
| 1986 | #1,392 | 92 | #81 | 3,887 |
| 1985 | #1,297 | 103 | #91 | 3,219 |
| 1984 | #1,397 | 83 | #98 | 2,937 |
| 1983 | #1,496 | 76 | #93 | 3,046 |
| 1982 | #1,786 | 61 | #108 | 2,669 |
| 1981 | #1,867 | 58 | #139 | 1,972 |
| 1980 | #2,800 | 32 | #159 | 1,623 |
| 1979 | #3,078 | 27 | #169 | 1,402 |
| 1978 | #3,009 | 26 | #199 | 1,156 |
| 1977 | #3,176 | 24 | #220 | 1,006 |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 | #254 | 777 |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 | #303 | 620 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #292 | 631 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #305 | 573 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | #322 | 560 |
| 1971 | #3,789 | 16 | #333 | 549 |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | #323 | 596 |
| 1969 | #3,619 | 15 | #332 | 544 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #366 | 450 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | #338 | 492 |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 | #319 | 546 |
| 1965 | #3,149 | 16 | #321 | 559 |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 | #316 | 605 |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 | #373 | 455 |
| 1962 | #3,438 | 14 | #355 | 494 |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 | #361 | 488 |
| 1960 | #3,212 | 15 | #371 | 451 |
| 1959 | #3,436 | 13 | #400 | 395 |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 | #433 | 328 |
| 1957 | #3,309 | 13 | #441 | 301 |
| 1956 | #2,929 | 16 | #401 | 357 |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 | #407 | 323 |
| 1954 | #2,779 | 16 | #424 | 287 |
| 1953 | #3,480 | 11 | #420 | 275 |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 | #406 | 289 |
| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 | #448 | 226 |
| 1950 | #3,235 | 11 | #459 | 208 |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | #505 | 174 |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #512 | 165 |
| 1947 | — | #463 | 210 | |
| 1946 | — | #501 | 166 | |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 | #510 | 138 |
| 1944 | — | #522 | 136 | |
| 1943 | — | #508 | 148 | |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | #496 | 154 |
| 1941 | — | #526 | 128 | |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | #517 | 126 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #503 | 126 |
| 1938 | — | #511 | 128 | |
| 1937 | — | #529 | 120 | |
| 1936 | — | #586 | 97 | |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | #558 | 106 |
| 1934 | — | #492 | 136 | |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | #550 | 108 |
| 1932 | — | #545 | 116 | |
| 1931 | — | #554 | 112 | |
| 1930 | — | #532 | 126 | |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | #536 | 118 |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #529 | 130 |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #472 | 164 |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | #539 | 127 |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | #483 | 157 |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | #475 | 170 |
| 1923 | — | #502 | 147 | |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 | #458 | 182 |
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 | #494 | 157 |
| 1920 | — | #482 | 159 | |
| 1919 | — | #515 | 132 | |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | #446 | 178 |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | #446 | 161 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #413 | 182 |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #448 | 149 |
| 1914 | — | #489 | 99 | |
| 1913 | — | #448 | 92 | |
| 1912 | — | #446 | 77 | |
| 1911 | — | #562 | 29 | |
| 1910 | — | #501 | 31 | |
| 1909 | — | #519 | 25 | |
| 1908 | — | #499 | 25 | |
| 1907 | — | #540 | 20 | |
| 1906 | — | #431 | 26 | |
| 1905 | — | #507 | 20 | |
| 1904 | — | #686 | 12 | |
| 1903 | — | #430 | 22 | |
| 1902 | — | #475 | 20 | |
| 1901 | — | #383 | 24 | |
| 1900 | — | #469 | 24 | |
| 1899 | — | #457 | 17 | |
| 1898 | — | #403 | 24 | |
| 1897 | — | #473 | 17 | |
| 1896 | — | #551 | 14 | |
| 1895 | — | #579 | 13 | |
| 1894 | — | #367 | 25 | |
| 1893 | — | #448 | 17 | |
| 1892 | — | #422 | 20 | |
| 1891 | — | #411 | 18 | |
| 1890 | — | #376 | 22 | |
| 1889 | — | #446 | 17 | |
| 1888 | — | #398 | 22 | |
| 1887 | — | #356 | 21 | |
| 1886 | — | #578 | 11 | |
| 1885 | — | #364 | 23 | |
| 1884 | — | #375 | 22 | |
| 1883 | — | #412 | 18 | |
| 1882 | — | #540 | 12 | |
| 1881 | — | #332 | 24 | |
| 1880 | — | #363 | 22 | |
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.
See more about Evan
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2009 at #35 (10,280 births)
- Births halved by 2017, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 37 yrs · run 1983–2019
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 193 boys born in 2009 were named Evan (0.52%)
- Latest: 1 in 708 boys born in 2025 (0.14%)
- 32.0% of all boys named Evan (92,144) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 192 | #332 (1881) | #416 |
| 1890s | 187 | #367 (1894) | #449 |
| 1900s | 218 | #383 (1901) | #494 |
| 1910s | 1,130 | #413 (1916) | #471 |
| 1920s | 1,511 | #458 (1922) | #497 |
| 1930s | 1,175 | #492 (1934) | #536 |
| 1940s | 1,545 | #463 (1947) | #506 |
| 1950s | 2,989 | #400 (1959) | #424 |
| 1960s | 5,084 | #316 (1964) | #345 |
| 1970s | 7,870 | #169 (1979) | #272 |
| 1980s | 32,484 | #69 (1989) | #100 |
| 1990s | 59,396 | #57 (1999) | #64 |
| 2000s | 92,144 | #35 (2009) | #44 |
| 2010s | 64,762 | #36 (2010) | #64 |
| 2020s | 17,014 | #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 1945
Top girls' names in 1945
Top boys' names in 1945
More about 1945
girls
1,307,090 girls got a published name in 1945; 1 in 163,386 of them was named Evan, which outranked 35.4% of the 5,242 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,132Wilsie9
- #3,132Wynne9
- #3,132Zetta9
- #3,388Evan8
- #3,388Abbey8
- #3,388Adah8
- #3,388Adaline8
- #3,676Adair7
- #3,676Adriene7
- #3,676Aldene7
Tied with 287 names at #3,388; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 395Bernardine#937 → #1,332
- ↓ 386Joella#988 → #1,374
- ↓ 342Venita#937 → #1,279
- ↓ 275Magdalene#867 → #1,142
- ↓ 249Alpha#964 → #1,213
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,345,855 boys got a published name in 1945; 1 in 9,753 of them was named Evan, which outranked 86.5% of the 3,783 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).