Evans

#7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births · #2,077 for boys in 2025, 71 births
Given to boys 97.9% of the time

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Peak · boys: #438
1896 · 20 births
Debut · boys: 1880
10 births
In top 100 · boys: never
of 146 years
Total births · boys: 5,371
since 1880

Evans over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Evans has never cracked the top 400 here.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Year	girls		boys
	rank	births	rank	births
2025	#7,491	14	#2,077	71
2024	#15,293	5	#1,862	86
2023	#6,922	16	#2,188	65
2022	#10,383	9	#2,094	71
2021	#11,146	8	#2,695	47
2020	#11,090	8	#2,658	47
2019	#11,356	8	#2,897	42
2018	#13,793	6	#2,994	39
2017	—		#2,637	47
2016	#12,876	7	#2,365	55
2015	#14,482	6	#3,022	38
2014	#14,558	6	#2,929	39
2013	#13,150	7	#2,461	50
2012	—		#3,059	37
2011	—		#3,114	36
2010	#14,959	6	#3,072	37
2009	—		#3,639	29
2008	—		#3,005	39
2007	—		#2,920	40
2006	—		#3,083	35
2005	—		#3,447	28
2004	—		#2,788	37
2003	—		#2,922	33
2002	—		#3,794	22
2001	—		#2,681	35
2000	—		#2,805	32
1999	—		#2,347	38
1998	—		#2,651	31
1997	—		#2,823	27
1996	—		#3,107	23
1995	—		#2,400	32
1994	—		#2,444	31
1993	—		#2,455	30
1992	—		#2,362	31
1991	—		#1,952	39
1990	—		#1,840	42
1989	—		#1,953	37
1988	—		#1,768	39
1987	—		#1,793	36
1986	—		#1,565	42
1985	—		#1,569	41
1984	—		#1,933	28
1983	—		#1,631	36
1982	—		#1,487	42
1981	—		#1,602	37
1980	—		#1,965	28
1979	—		#1,903	28
1978	—		#1,652	33
1977	—		#1,823	28
1976	—		#1,608	33
1975	—		#2,450	17
1974	—		#1,832	25
1973	—		#2,311	17
1972	—		#1,364	38
1971	—		#1,378	38
1970	#7,995	5	#1,494	32
1969	—		#1,351	35
1968	—		#1,314	34
1967	—		#1,340	32
1966	—		#1,282	35
1965	—		#1,294	35
1964	—		#1,236	39
1963	—		#1,485	28
1962	—		#1,311	35
1961	—		#1,206	43
1960	—		#1,210	42
1959	—		#1,439	30
1958	—		#1,277	36
1957	—		#1,185	43
1956	—		#954	61
1955	—		#1,219	38
1954	—		#1,101	46
1953	—		#926	60
1952	—		#1,297	33
1951	—		#1,110	42
1950	—		#904	57
1949	—		#878	61
1948	—		#1,001	49
1947	—		#938	56
1946	—		#869	57
1945	—		#1,078	36
1944	—		#878	52
1943	—		#998	45
1942	—		#1,036	42
1941	—		#1,051	38
1940	—		#1,019	40
1939	—		#1,103	34
1938	—		#1,030	39
1937	—		#957	43
1936	—		#873	49
1935	—		#930	46
1934	—		#1,059	38
1933	—		#937	45
1932	—		#952	47
1931	—		#887	52
1930	—		#810	64
1929	—		#914	54
1928	—		#872	58
1927	—		#872	60
1926	—		#776	70
1925	—		#1,022	45
1924	—		#886	61
1923	—		#745	77
1922	—		#818	68
1921	#4,464	6	#760	77
1920	—		#739	78
1919	—		#790	67
1918	—		#753	73
1917	—		#699	75
1916	—		#650	81
1915	—		#690	71
1914	—		#697	54
1913	—		#835	33
1912	—		#735	34
1911	—		#689	21
1910	—		#582	24
1909	—		#714	15
1908	—		#744	13
1907	—		#999	8
1906	—		#640	14
1905	—		#666	13
1904	—		#686	12
1903	—		#576	15
1902	—		#556	15
1901	—		#683	10
1900	—		#743	12
1899	—		#613	11
1898	—		#485	18
1897	—		#787	8
1896	—		#438	20
1895	—		#579	13
1894	—		#730	9
1893	—		#615	11
1892	—		#525	15
1891	—		#766	7
1890	—		#511	14
1889	—		#464	16
1888	—		#528	14
1887	—		#819	6
1886	—		#491	14
1885	—		#936	5
1884	—		—
1883	—		—
1882	—		#540	12
1881	—		#706	7
1880	—		#600	10

First appearance

1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Evans was already there! It came in at #600, and was given to 10 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1883–1885, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Evans

Momentum · boys

Rising

215 spots since 2024 (#1,862 → #2,077)
581 spots since 2020 (#2,658 → #2,077)
945 spots since 2015 (#3,022 → #2,077)
Biggest jump: 445 spots in 1886 (#936 → #491)
Biggest drop: 359 spots in 1907 (#640 → #999)

Rise & fade · boys

16 yrs to peak

Debuted 1880
Peaked 1896 at #438 (20 births)
Births halved by 1897, 1 yr later

Top of the charts · boys

Top 1,000 for 62 yrs

Top 10: never
Top 100: never
Top 1,000: 62 yrs · run 1885–1924

Share of babies · boys

1 in 5,978

Highest: 1 in 5,978 boys born in 1896 were named Evans (0.02%)
Latest: 1 in 24,057 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)

Era · boys

The 1920s

12.1% of all boys named Evans (648) were born in this decade

Show by decade

Decade	Births	Best rank	Avg rank
1880s	84	#464 (1889)	#636
1890s	126	#438 (1896)	#605
1900s	127	#556 (1902)	#701
1910s	533	#582 (1910)	#712
1920s	648	#739 (1920)	#840
1930s	457	#810 (1930)	#954
1940s	476	#869 (1946)	#975
1950s	446	#904 (1950)	#1,141
1960s	358	#1,206 (1961)	#1,303
1970s	289	#1,364 (1972)	#1,782
1980s	366	#1,487 (1982)	#1,727
1990s	324	#1,840 (1990)	#2,438
2000s	330	#2,681 (2001)	#3,108
2010s	420	#2,365 (2016)	#2,855
2020s	387	#1,862 (2024)	#2,262

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.

Evans in 1892

boys

#525

15 births · 1 in 8,136 boys

Top boys' names in 1892

#1John9,039
#2William7,782
#3James5,398
#4George4,760
#5Charles4,319
#6Frank3,150
#7Joseph3,064
#8Robert2,710
#9Harry2,460
#10Henry2,452
⋯
#525Evans15

More about 1892

boys

122,035 boys got a published name in 1892; 1 in 8,136 of them was named Evans, which outranked 58.3% of the 1,260 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 37.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Evans

#497Wash16
#497Watson16
#497Williams16
#525Evans15
#525Artie15
#525Barton15
#525Bertie15
#547Alberto14
#547Albin14
#547Angus14

Tied with 21 names at #525; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1891

Risers

↑ 559Pierce#963 → #404
↑ 505Milford#963 → #458
↑ 466Rose#963 → #497
↑ 466Omar#963 → #497
↑ 396Shelby#841 → #445

Fallers

↓ 542Maude#524 → #1,066
↓ 502Bernice#564 → #1,066
↓ 502Wilton#564 → #1,066
↓ 480Wellington#476 → #956
↓ 469Jule#597 → #1,066

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

See the top 100 for 1892 →