Evans

Where Evans comes from

Evans hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #600 among boys — 10 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1896
    Peak, #438
    20 babies named Evans — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1897
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #787.
  4. 1955
    Evans Paul born
    Haitian politician
  5. 1973
    Evans Wise born
    Trinidad and Tobago footballer
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Evans Paul · Haitian politician, born 1955
  • Evans Wise · Trinidad and Tobago footballer, born 1973
  • Evans Kangwa · Zambian footballer, born 1994
  • Evans Kondogbia · Central African and French footballer, born 1989
  • Evans Rutto · Kenyan marathon runner, born 1978

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.