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.
Where Evans is popular in 1915
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#233 · 1 in 1,404
- Alabama#245 · 1 in 1,779
- Mississippi#325 · 1 in 2,515
- South Carolina#328 · 1 in 3,022
- Tennessee#365 · 1 in 3,517
Best ever in a state: #183 in South Carolina, 1914.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #233 | 10 | 1 in 1,404 |
| Alabama | #245 | 11 | 1 in 1,779 |
| Mississippi | #325 | 6 | 1 in 2,515 |
| South Carolina | #328 | 5 | 1 in 3,022 |
| Tennessee | #365 | 5 | 1 in 3,517 |
| Georgia | #370 | 7 | 1 in 3,520 |
| Pennsylvania | #511 | 5 | 1 in 14,462 |
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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 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 1915
Top boys' names in 1915
More about 1915
boys
848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 11,952 of them was named Evans, which outranked 84.3% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).