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
1896 · 20 births
Debut · boys
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.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201913peak #438, 1896boys
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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#7,49114#2,07771
2024#15,2935#1,86286
2023#6,92216#2,18865
2022#10,3839#2,09471
2021#11,1468#2,69547
2020#11,0908#2,65847
2019#11,3568#2,89742
2018#13,7936#2,99439
2017#2,63747
2016#12,8767#2,36555
2015#14,4826#3,02238
2014#14,5586#2,92939
2013#13,1507#2,46150
2012#3,05937
2011#3,11436
2010#14,9596#3,07237
2009#3,63929
2008#3,00539
2007#2,92040
2006#3,08335
2005#3,44728
2004#2,78837
2003#2,92233
2002#3,79422
2001#2,68135
2000#2,80532
1999#2,34738
1998#2,65131
1997#2,82327
1996#3,10723
1995#2,40032
1994#2,44431
1993#2,45530
1992#2,36231
1991#1,95239
1990#1,84042
1989#1,95337
1988#1,76839
1987#1,79336
1986#1,56542
1985#1,56941
1984#1,93328
1983#1,63136
1982#1,48742
1981#1,60237
1980#1,96528
1979#1,90328
1978#1,65233
1977#1,82328
1976#1,60833
1975#2,45017
1974#1,83225
1973#2,31117
1972#1,36438
1971#1,37838
1970#7,9955#1,49432
1969#1,35135
1968#1,31434
1967#1,34032
1966#1,28235
1965#1,29435
1964#1,23639
1963#1,48528
1962#1,31135
1961#1,20643
1960#1,21042
1959#1,43930
1958#1,27736
1957#1,18543
1956#95461
1955#1,21938
1954#1,10146
1953#92660
1952#1,29733
1951#1,11042
1950#90457
1949#87861
1948#1,00149
1947#93856
1946#86957
1945#1,07836
1944#87852
1943#99845
1942#1,03642
1941#1,05138
1940#1,01940
1939#1,10334
1938#1,03039
1937#95743
1936#87349
1935#93046
1934#1,05938
1933#93745
1932#95247
1931#88752
1930#81064
1929#91454
1928#87258
1927#87260
1926#77670
1925#1,02245
1924#88661
1923#74577
1922#81868
1921#4,4646#76077
1920#73978
1919#79067
1918#75373
1917#69975
1916#65081
1915#69071
1914#69754
1913#83533
1912#73534
1911#68921
1910#58224
1909#71415
1908#74413
1907#9998
1906#64014
1905#66613
1904#68612
1903#57615
1902#55615
1901#68310
1900#74312
1899#61311
1898#48518
1897#7878
1896#43820
1895#57913
1894#7309
1893#61511
1892#52515
1891#7667
1890#51114
1889#46416
1888#52814
1887#8196
1886#49114
1885#9365
1884
1883
1882#54012
1881#7067
1880#60010
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s84#464 (1889)#636
1890s126#438 (1896)#605
1900s127#556 (1902)#701
1910s533#582 (1910)#712
1920s648#739 (1920)#840
1930s457#810 (1930)#954
1940s476#869 (1946)#975
1950s446#904 (1950)#1,141
1960s358#1,206 (1961)#1,303
1970s289#1,364 (1972)#1,782
1980s366#1,487 (1982)#1,727
1990s324#1,840 (1990)#2,438
2000s330#2,681 (2001)#3,108
2010s420#2,365 (2016)#2,855
2020s387#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 1913

boys
#835
33 births · 1 in 15,532 boys

Top boys' names in 1913

  1. #1John29,329
  2. #2William23,538
  3. #3James20,832
  4. #4Robert15,684
  5. #5Joseph14,471
  6. #6George13,874
  7. #7Charles13,191
  8. #8Edward9,474
  9. #9Frank9,237
  10. #10Thomas7,096
  11. #835Evans33
More about 1913

boys

512,566 boys got a published name in 1913; 1 in 15,532 of them was named Evans, which outranked 74.4% of the 3,261 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Evans
  1. #818Werner34
  2. #818Winford34
  3. #818Wylie34
  4. #835Evans33
  5. #835Addison33
  6. #835Arno33
  7. #835Barton33
  8. #855Ansel32
  9. #855Armond32
  10. #855Aurelio32

Tied with 19 names at #835; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1912
Risers
  1. 1,050Mathias#1,885#835
  2. 935Hymen#1,885#950
  3. 796Waldemar#1,746#950
  4. 751Rolf#1,746#995
  5. 689Domenico#1,619#930
Fallers
  1. 975Holland#970#1,945
  2. 885Cameron#918#1,803
  3. 868Larue#935#1,803
  4. 726Irene#854#1,580
  5. 688Hughie#892#1,580

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

See the top 100 for 1913