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
- Peak · boys
- 1896 · 20 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,371since 1880
Evans over time
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.
Show data table
| 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 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1896 at #438 (20 births)
- Births halved by 1897, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 62 yrs · run 1885–1924
- 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%)
- 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 1921
Top girls' names in 1921
Top boys' names in 1921
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).
- #4,023Zerline7
- #4,023Zoa7
- #4,023Zuma7
- #4,464Evans6
- #4,464Abelina6
- #4,464Adamae6
- #4,464Addell6
- #5,099Abbey5
- #5,099Adalee5
- #5,099Adam5
Tied with 634 names at #4,464; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
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).