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

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Peak · boys
2009 · 10,280 births
Debut · boys
22 births
In top 100 · boys
37 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
287,701
since 1880

Evan over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #35, 2009boys
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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#3,16750#1532,412
2024#2,77561#1432,535
2023#2,67465#1372,597
2022#2,27782#1332,845
2021#2,08591#1163,207
2020#2,10087#1053,418
2019#2,40074#963,964
2018#2,11390#854,392
2017#2,18487#854,727
2016#2,18888#695,613
2015#2,01298#675,916
2014#2,39176#586,725
2013#1,929103#557,120
2012#1,690124#477,912
2011#1,968100#408,661
2010#2,20288#369,732
2009#1,956106#3510,280
2008#1,704131#389,926
2007#1,838115#4010,295
2006#2,01698#4210,129
2005#1,790109#3910,109
2004#1,498134#399,983
2003#2,00190#449,444
2002#1,771102#567,386
2001#1,97886#567,258
2000#1,96985#557,334
1999#2,01877#576,850
1998#1,80186#636,084
1997#1,80283#616,002
1996#1,66991#655,577
1995#1,65189#606,092
1994#1,55799#625,895
1993#1,518103#626,089
1992#1,322127#666,051
1991#1,219141#705,448
1990#1,410112#715,308
1989#1,350114#694,926
1988#1,60081#744,337
1987#1,53183#833,868
1986#1,39292#813,887
1985#1,297103#913,219
1984#1,39783#982,937
1983#1,49676#933,046
1982#1,78661#1082,669
1981#1,86758#1391,972
1980#2,80032#1591,623
1979#3,07827#1691,402
1978#3,00926#1991,156
1977#3,17624#2201,006
1976#4,36314#254777
1975#4,59313#303620
1974#6,2588#292631
1973#6,6667#305573
1972#5,9598#322560
1971#3,78916#333549
1970#6,3627#323596
1969#3,61915#332544
1968#7,0165#366450
1967#5,4577#338492
1966#4,4939#319546
1965#3,14916#321559
1964#3,69213#316605
1963#4,8968#373455
1962#3,43814#355494
1961#3,60813#361488
1960#3,21215#371451
1959#3,43613#400395
1958#4,1939#433328
1957#3,30913#441301
1956#2,92916#401357
1955#3,77810#407323
1954#2,77916#424287
1953#3,48011#420275
1952#3,7969#406289
1951#3,48210#448226
1950#3,23511#459208
1949#4,6736#505174
1948#5,2435#512165
1947—#463210
1946—#501166
1945#3,3888#510138
1944—#522136
1943—#508148
1942#3,7387#496154
1941—#526128
1940#3,2088#517126
1939#4,2505#503126
1938—#511128
1937—#529120
1936—#58697
1935#3,7426#558106
1934—#492136
1933#3,4067#550108
1932—#545116
1931—#554112
1930—#532126
1929#3,6827#536118
1928#4,7255#529130
1927#4,8055#472164
1926#3,5648#539127
1925#3,6648#483157
1924#4,0027#475170
1923—#502147
1922#3,3799#458182
1921#4,0237#494157
1920—#482159
1919—#515132
1918#3,8697#446178
1917#4,0836#446161
1916#4,4175#413182
1915#4,2745#448149
1914—#48999
1913—#44892
1912—#44677
1911—#56229
1910—#50131
1909—#51925
1908—#49925
1907—#54020
1906—#43126
1905—#50720
1904—#68612
1903—#43022
1902—#47520
1901—#38324
1900—#46924
1899—#45717
1898—#40324
1897—#47317
1896—#55114
1895—#57913
1894—#36725
1893—#44817
1892—#42220
1891—#41118
1890—#37622
1889—#44617
1888—#39822
1887—#35621
1886—#57811
1885—#36423
1884—#37522
1883—#41218
1882—#54012
1881—#33224
1880—#36322
First appearance
1880

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.

Where Evan is popular in 1990

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #73 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 276 boysAKMaine: #65 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 236 boysMEVermont: #40 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 124 boysVTNew Hampshire: #52 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 182 boysNHWashington: #52 for boys · 174 births · 1 in 206 boysWAIdaho: #76 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 311 boysIDMontana: #79 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 313 boysMTNorth Dakota: #48 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 154 boysNDMinnesota: #67 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 281 boysMNIllinois: #94 for boys · 173 births · 1 in 516 boysILWisconsin: #70 for boys · 117 births · 1 in 285 boysWIMichigan: #61 for boys · 249 births · 1 in 285 boysMINew York: #66 for boys · 384 births · 1 in 362 boysNYMassachusetts: #53 for boys · 184 births · 1 in 239 boysMARhode Island: #47 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 155 boysRIOregon: #63 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 247 boysORNevada: #97 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 431 boysNVWyoming: #101 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 401 boysWYSouth Dakota: #55 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 191 boysSDIowa: #82 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 325 boysIAIndiana: #60 for boys · 168 births · 1 in 241 boysINOhio: #68 for boys · 264 births · 1 in 302 boysOHPennsylvania: #63 for boys · 298 births · 1 in 276 boysPANew Jersey: #62 for boys · 173 births · 1 in 317 boysNJConnecticut: #51 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 238 boysCTCalifornia: #98 for boys · 671 births · 1 in 433 boysCAUtah: #146 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 757 boysUTColorado: #56 for boys · 112 births · 1 in 218 boysCONebraska: #82 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 312 boysNEMissouri: #83 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 427 boysMOKentucky: #75 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 360 boysKYWest Virginia: #70 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 309 boysWVVirginia: #71 for boys · 127 births · 1 in 341 boysVAMaryland: #68 for boys · 102 births · 1 in 325 boysMDDelaware: #61 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 246 boysDEArizona: #266 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,710 boysAZNew Mexico: #98 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 408 boysNMKansas: #75 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 302 boysKSArkansas: #93 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 419 boysARTennessee: #84 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 424 boysTNNorth Carolina: #78 for boys · 109 births · 1 in 436 boysNCSouth Carolina: #90 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 495 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #103 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 442 boysDCOklahoma: #101 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 456 boysOKLouisiana: #94 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 466 boysLAMississippi: #116 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 553 boysMSAlabama: #109 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 589 boysALGeorgia: #70 for boys · 132 births · 1 in 380 boysGAHawaii: #78 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 328 boysHITexas: #123 for boys · 263 births · 1 in 583 boysTXFlorida: #82 for boys · 212 births · 1 in 433 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Vermont#40 · 1 in 124
  2. Rhode Island#47 · 1 in 155
  3. North Dakota#48 · 1 in 154
  4. Connecticut#51 · 1 in 238
  5. New Hampshire#52 · 1 in 182

Best ever in a state: #9 in Maine, 2007.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Vermont#40271 in 124
Rhode Island#47431 in 155
North Dakota#48281 in 154
Connecticut#51951 in 238
New Hampshire#52431 in 182
Washington#521741 in 206
Massachusetts#531841 in 239
South Dakota#55241 in 191
Colorado#561121 in 218
Indiana#601681 in 241
Delaware#61201 in 246
Michigan#612491 in 285
New Jersey#621731 in 317
Oregon#63821 in 247
Pennsylvania#632981 in 276
Maine#65321 in 236
New York#663841 in 362
Minnesota#671131 in 281
Maryland#681021 in 325
Ohio#682641 in 302
Georgia#701321 in 380
West Virginia#70341 in 309
Wisconsin#701171 in 285
Virginia#711271 in 341
Alaska#73161 in 276
Kansas#75561 in 302
Kentucky#75691 in 360
Idaho#76221 in 311
Hawaii#78221 in 328
North Carolina#781091 in 436
Montana#79151 in 313
Florida#822121 in 433
Iowa#82571 in 325
Nebraska#82351 in 312
Missouri#83891 in 427
Tennessee#84841 in 424
South Carolina#90491 in 495
Arkansas#93371 in 419
Illinois#941731 in 516
Louisiana#94671 in 466
Nevada#97201 in 431
California#986711 in 433
New Mexico#98281 in 408
Oklahoma#101451 in 456
Wyoming#10161 in 401
District of Columbia#103211 in 442
Alabama#109461 in 589
Mississippi#116311 in 553
Texas#1232631 in 583
Utah#146221 in 757
Arizona#266181 in 1,710

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Evan
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
129 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2009 at #35 (10,280 births)
  • Births halved by 2017, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 37 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 37 yrs · run 1983–2019
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 193
  • Highest: 1 in 193 boys born in 2009 were named Evan (0.52%)
  • Latest: 1 in 708 boys born in 2025 (0.14%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 32.0% of all boys named Evan (92,144) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s192#332 (1881)#416
1890s187#367 (1894)#449
1900s218#383 (1901)#494
1910s1,130#413 (1916)#471
1920s1,511#458 (1922)#497
1930s1,175#492 (1934)#536
1940s1,545#463 (1947)#506
1950s2,989#400 (1959)#424
1960s5,084#316 (1964)#345
1970s7,870#169 (1979)#272
1980s32,484#69 (1989)#100
1990s59,396#57 (1999)#64
2000s92,144#35 (2009)#44
2010s64,762#36 (2010)#64
2020s17,014#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 1990

girls
#1,410
112 births · 1 in 16,951 girls
boys
#71
5,308 births · 1 in 387 boys

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #1,410Evan112

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #71Evan5,308
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 16,951 of them was named Evan, which outranked 90.7% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Evan
  1. #1,397Tana113
  2. #1,397Taneisha113
  3. #1,397Tierney113
  4. #1,410Evan112
  5. #1,410Aleah112
  6. #1,410Alondra112
  7. #1,410Ayanna112
  8. #1,424Addie111
  9. #1,424Aubrie111
  10. #1,424Cami111

Tied with 13 names at #1,410; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,592Alannah#6,531 → #939
  2. ↑ 1,178Symone#1,998 → #820
  3. ↑ 869Shelbi#1,750 → #881
  4. ↑ 831Latifah#1,532 → #701
  5. ↑ 828Skyler#1,564 → #736
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,554Elizabet#524 → #3,078
  2. ↓ 1,572Katherin#717 → #2,289
  3. ↓ 652Stephani#390 → #1,042
  4. ↓ 504Ashanti#893 → #1,397
  5. ↓ 416Audrianna#759 → #1,175

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

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 387 of them was named Evan, which outranked 99.3% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Evan
  1. #68Edward5,746
  2. #69Shawn5,721
  3. #70Ian5,460
  4. #71Evan5,308
  5. #72Marcus5,304
  6. #73Shane5,274
  7. #74Peter5,224
Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,636Tevin#4,017 → #381
  2. ↑ 3,283Keenen#4,271 → #988
  3. ↑ 1,325Male#2,027 → #702
  4. ↑ 1,032Denzel#1,476 → #444
  5. ↑ 598Kevon#1,476 → #878
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,130Kiara#956 → #2,086
  2. ↓ 916Rachel#993 → #1,909
  3. ↓ 855Nicole#985 → #1,840
  4. ↓ 746Tiffany#956 → #1,702
  5. ↓ 681Sarah#819 → #1,500

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

See the top 100 for 1990 →