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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201896peak #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.

Where Evans is popular in 1896

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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 1896

boys
#438
20 births · 1 in 5,978 boys

Top boys' names in 1896

  1. #1John8,138
  2. #2William7,747
  3. #3James5,206
  4. #4George4,286
  5. #5Charles3,639
  6. #6Joseph3,051
  7. #7Frank2,845
  8. #8Robert2,719
  9. #9Edward2,296
  10. #10Henry2,183
  11. #438Evans20
More about 1896

boys

119,565 boys got a published name in 1896; 1 in 5,978 of them was named Evans, which outranked 65.4% of the 1,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Evans
  1. #424Otha21
  2. #424Sterling21
  3. #424Winfield21
  4. #438Evans20
  5. #438Arlie20
  6. #438Avery20
  7. #438Berry20
  8. #462Abram19
  9. #462Arch19
  10. #462Arther19

Tied with 23 names at #438; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1895
Risers
  1. ↑ 533Hobert#795 → #262
  2. ↑ 528Cicero#1,079 → #551
  3. ↑ 528Earley#1,079 → #551
  4. ↑ 516Tomas#978 → #462
  5. ↑ 492Bryant#872 → #380
Fallers
  1. ↓ 572Talmage#529 → #1,101
  2. ↓ 545Bernie#556 → #1,101
  3. ↓ 545Mathias#556 → #1,101
  4. ↓ 522Orlando#579 → #1,101
  5. ↓ 522Rogers#579 → #1,101

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

See the top 100 for 1896 →