Evans
Evans is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 85 births. Its best rank was 446th, in 1896.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 850.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 202485 births
- Best rank
- #446in 1896
- Since 1880
- 5,299people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,299 boys have been named Evans in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 85 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1954, and the 1920s alone account for 12%. It has spent 61 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Evans | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 84 | |
| 1890s | 126 | |
| 1900s | 127 | |
| 1910s | 533 | |
| 1920s | 648 | |
| 1930s | 457 | |
| 1940s | 476 | |
| 1950s | 446 | |
| 1960s | 358 | |
| 1970s | 289 | |
| 1980s | 366 | |
| 1990s | 324 | |
| 2000s | 330 | |
| 2010s | 420 | |
| 2020s | 315 |
In 2024, its biggest year
Evans was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.
Names that rose and fell with Evans
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Forestpeak 2022
- Raleighpeak 1921
- Tillmanpeak 1917
- Merrittpeak 1924
- Noblepeak 1920
- Crawfordpeak 1924
- Fosterpeak 2023
- Orenpeak 2021
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.