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

Showing
Show data for
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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201921peak #438, 1896boys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

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

Show data table
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 1921

girls
#4,464
6 births · 1 in 205,510 girls
boys
#760
77 births · 1 in 14,305 boys

Top girls' names in 1921

  1. #1Mary73,984
  2. #2Dorothy39,087
  3. #3Helen34,822
  4. #4Margaret28,468
  5. #5Ruth25,783
  6. #6Virginia19,032
  7. #7Mildred17,880
  8. #8Betty17,638
  9. #9Frances15,993
  10. #10Elizabeth15,800
  11. #4,464Evans6

Top boys' names in 1921

  1. #1John58,216
  2. #2Robert52,779
  3. #3William51,862
  4. #4James49,750
  5. #5Charles29,242
  6. #6George27,476
  7. #7Joseph26,182
  8. #8Edward20,817
  9. #9Frank16,705
  10. #10Richard16,376
  11. #760Evans77
More about 1921

girls

1,233,058 girls got a published name in 1921; 1 in 205,510 of them was named Evans, which outranked 24.0% of the 5,871 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Evans
  1. #4,023Zerline7
  2. #4,023Zoa7
  3. #4,023Zuma7
  4. #4,464Evans6
  5. #4,464Abelina6
  6. #4,464Adamae6
  7. #4,464Addell6
  8. #5,099Abbey5
  9. #5,099Adalee5
  10. #5,099Adam5

Tied with 634 names at #4,464; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1920
Risers
  1. 4,238Elwanda#4,975#737
  2. 458Noreen#1,255#797
  3. 440Venice#1,375#935
  4. 343Isobel#1,312#969
  5. 306Aida#1,119#813
Fallers
  1. 612Lilia#931#1,543
  2. 345Denise#931#1,276
  3. 330Aleen#968#1,298
  4. 269Virgil#968#1,237
  5. 265Aldona#903#1,168

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

boys

1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 14,305 of them was named Evans, which outranked 84.8% of the 4,985 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Evans
  1. #750Jerald78
  2. #750Margarito78
  3. #750Theadore78
  4. #760Evans77
  5. #760Arvel77
  6. #760Crawford77
  7. #760Garth77
  8. #768Dayton76
  9. #768Sandy76
  10. #768Smith76

Tied with 7 names at #760; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1920
Risers
  1. 828Kevin#1,543#715
  2. 499Enrico#1,157#658
  3. 435Richmond#1,225#790
  4. 427Reynaldo#1,252#825
  5. 425Art#1,416#991
Fallers
  1. 391Stacy#835#1,226
  2. 279Gorden#947#1,226
  3. 248Brady#653#901
  4. 246Guillermo#812#1,058
  5. 219Lindsay#903#1,122

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

See the top 100 for 1921