Meaning not yet researched.
Evan: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 2,412 in 2025. Its best rank was #35 in 2009.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #35 in 2009; #153 in 2025. About 98% of babies named Evan in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#153 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2009, at #35.
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Evan: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 2,412 boys in 2025. Peak: #35 in 2009 · most boys in one year: 10,295 (2007).
In 2025, 2,412 US boys were named Evan, making it the 153rd most common boys’ name of the year, down 10 places from #143 in 2024. That is 123 fewer than the 2,535 boys named Evan in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #35, reached in 2009. The most boys given the name in a single year was 10,295, in 2007. For comparison, it was #67 in 2015 and #459 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Evan in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 22 babies with the name. In all, 292,426 US babies have been given the name, 1.6% of them girls and 98% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 93,200 babies named Evan.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 35,710 US boys were named Evan; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 5,613. In 2025 that was about 1 in 708 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Evan ranked highest in California in 2025, at #92 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 1 state (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include John (5,204,377 babies since 1880), Jack (759,677 babies since 1880), Joan (488,939 babies since 1880) and Jean (483,475 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Yves, Iven and Evann are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Yves (1,261), Iven (1,134), Evann (772), Even (555), Ivin (533), Evone (415), Evaan (397), Eivin (362), Evynn (315), Yvon (276), Eban (255), Ivann (225), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
No nicknames listed for Evan in the open dataset we use.
Evan is listed as a nickname for Evangeline.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 6 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 429 | #92 | #53 |
| Maryland | 52 | #111 | #72 |
| Alaska | 7 | #118 | #40 |
| New Jersey | 82 | #118 | #48 |
| New York | 155 | #120 | #50 |
| Washington | 64 | #125 | #67 |
| Illinois | 90 | #125 | #62 |
| Massachusetts | 55 | #127 | #45 |
| Texas | 292 | #134 | #83 |
| Florida | 157 | #138 | #73 |
| Connecticut | 26 | #144 | #55 |
| Nevada | 21 | #150 | #108 |
| Minnesota | 43 | #152 | #43 |
| Pennsylvania | 83 | #156 | #60 |
| Oregon | 27 | #157 | #60 |
| Arizona | 56 | #159 | #72 |
| Utah | 34 | #160 | #108 |
| New Mexico | 12 | #167 | #110 |
| Colorado | 41 | #172 | #77 |
| Idaho | 15 | #179 | #65 |
| Ohio | 74 | #179 | #60 |
| Michigan | 57 | #181 | #74 |
| Maine | 7 | #184 | #57 |
| Hawaii | 6 | #186 | #71 |
| Wisconsin | 33 | #189 | #66 |
| Tennessee | 47 | #195 | #93 |
| North Carolina | 66 | #195 | #75 |
| Indiana | 41 | #204 | #65 |
| Virginia | 42 | #211 | #75 |
| South Carolina | 26 | #214 | #124 |
| Delaware | 5 | #221 | #76 |
| Georgia | 55 | #223 | #91 |
| Kentucky | 25 | #225 | #92 |
| Kansas | 17 | #231 | #61 |
| Iowa | 17 | #233 | #103 |
| North Dakota | 5 | #235 | #54 |
| Oklahoma | 20 | #236 | #102 |
| Arkansas | 15 | #237 | #87 |
| New Hampshire | 5 | #243 | #53 |
| Louisiana | 21 | #245 | #88 |
| Missouri | 28 | #252 | #88 |
| Alabama | 21 | #263 | #89 |
| Mississippi | 11 | #293 | #155 |
| West Virginia | 6 | #313 | #69 |
| Nebraska | 5 | #460 | #107 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | #3,176 | 2,412 | #153 |
| 2024 | 61 | #2,785 | 2,535 | #143 |
| 2023 | 65 | #2,679 | 2,597 | #137 |
| 2022 | 82 | #2,281 | 2,845 | #133 |
| 2021 | 91 | #2,093 | 3,207 | #116 |
| 2020 | 87 | #2,109 | 3,418 | #105 |
| 2019 | 74 | #2,409 | 3,964 | #96 |
| 2018 | 90 | #2,119 | 4,392 | #85 |
| 2017 | 87 | #2,191 | 4,727 | #85 |
| 2016 | 88 | #2,194 | 5,613 | #69 |
| 2015 | 98 | #2,018 | 5,916 | #67 |
| 2014 | 76 | #2,398 | 6,725 | #58 |
| 2013 | 103 | #1,931 | 7,120 | #55 |
| 2012 | 124 | #1,693 | 7,912 | #47 |
| 2011 | 100 | #1,975 | 8,661 | #40 |
| 2010 | 88 | #2,205 | 9,732 | #36 |
| 2009 | 106 | #1,961 | 10,280 | #35 |
| 2008 | 131 | #1,705 | 9,926 | #38 |
| 2007 | 115 | #1,841 | 10,295 | #40 |
| 2006 | 98 | #2,021 | 10,129 | #42 |
| 2005 | 109 | #1,794 | 10,109 | #39 |
| 2004 | 134 | #1,502 | 9,983 | #39 |
| 2003 | 90 | #2,005 | 9,444 | #44 |
| 2002 | 102 | #1,774 | 7,386 | #56 |
| 2001 | 86 | #1,983 | 7,258 | #56 |
| 2000 | 85 | #1,974 | 7,334 | #55 |
| 1999 | 77 | #2,024 | 6,850 | #57 |
| 1998 | 86 | #1,804 | 6,084 | #63 |
| 1997 | 83 | #1,806 | 6,002 | #61 |
| 1996 | 91 | #1,674 | 5,577 | #65 |
| 1995 | 89 | #1,656 | 6,092 | #60 |
| 1994 | 99 | #1,560 | 5,895 | #62 |
| 1993 | 103 | #1,523 | 6,089 | #62 |
| 1992 | 127 | #1,326 | 6,051 | #66 |
| 1991 | 141 | #1,221 | 5,448 | #70 |
| 1990 | 112 | #1,413 | 5,308 | #71 |
| 1989 | 114 | #1,350 | 4,926 | #69 |
| 1988 | 81 | #1,607 | 4,337 | #74 |
| 1987 | 83 | #1,538 | 3,868 | #83 |
| 1986 | 92 | #1,396 | 3,887 | #81 |
| 1985 | 103 | #1,300 | 3,219 | #91 |
| 1984 | 83 | #1,402 | 2,937 | #98 |
| 1983 | 76 | #1,499 | 3,046 | #93 |
| 1982 | 61 | #1,790 | 2,669 | #108 |
| 1981 | 58 | #1,872 | 1,972 | #139 |
| 1980 | 32 | #2,817 | 1,623 | #159 |
| 1979 | 27 | #3,096 | 1,402 | #169 |
| 1978 | 26 | #3,030 | 1,156 | #199 |
| 1977 | 24 | #3,205 | 1,006 | #220 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,425 | 777 | #254 |
| 1975 | 13 | #4,670 | 620 | #303 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,419 | 631 | #293 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,878 | 573 | #306 |
| 1972 | 8 | #6,122 | 560 | #322 |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,835 | 549 | #334 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,549 | 596 | #323 |
| 1969 | 15 | #3,668 | 544 | #333 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,348 | 450 | #366 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,638 | 492 | #338 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,606 | 546 | #319 |
| 1965 | 16 | #3,182 | 559 | #321 |
| 1964 | 13 | #3,754 | 605 | #316 |
| 1963 | 8 | #5,007 | 455 | #373 |
| 1962 | 14 | #3,478 | 494 | #356 |
| 1961 | 13 | #3,662 | 488 | #361 |
| 1960 | 15 | #3,258 | 451 | #371 |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,492 | 395 | #400 |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,280 | 328 | #433 |
| 1957 | 13 | #3,368 | 301 | #441 |
| 1956 | 16 | #2,961 | 357 | #402 |
| 1955 | 10 | #3,866 | 323 | #407 |
| 1954 | 16 | #2,811 | 287 | #424 |
| 1953 | 11 | #3,541 | 275 | #421 |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,908 | 289 | #406 |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,560 | 226 | #448 |
| 1950 | 11 | #3,289 | 208 | #459 |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,859 | 174 | #506 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,501 | 165 | #512 |
| 1947 | — | — | 210 | #464 |
| 1946 | — | — | 166 | #502 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,476 | 138 | #510 |
| 1944 | — | — | 136 | #522 |
| 1943 | — | — | 148 | #509 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,861 | 154 | #497 |
| 1941 | — | — | 128 | #526 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,307 | 126 | #518 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,458 | 126 | #504 |
| 1938 | — | — | 128 | #512 |
| 1937 | — | — | 120 | #529 |
| 1936 | — | — | 97 | #588 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,912 | 106 | #560 |
| 1934 | — | — | 136 | #492 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,532 | 108 | #550 |
| 1932 | — | — | 116 | #545 |
| 1931 | — | — | 112 | #556 |
| 1930 | — | — | 126 | #532 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,805 | 118 | #539 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,965 | 130 | #529 |
| 1927 | 5 | #5,052 | 164 | #473 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,684 | 127 | #539 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,799 | 157 | #483 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,145 | 170 | #475 |
| 1923 | — | — | 147 | #503 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,473 | 182 | #458 |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,164 | 157 | #494 |
| 1920 | — | — | 159 | #482 |
| 1919 | — | — | 132 | #516 |
| 1918 | 7 | #4,013 | 178 | #446 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,267 | 161 | #446 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,663 | 182 | #413 |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,513 | 149 | #448 |
| 1914 | — | — | 99 | #490 |
| 1913 | — | — | 92 | #448 |
| 1912 | — | — | 77 | #448 |
| 1911 | — | — | 29 | #564 |
| 1910 | — | — | 31 | #503 |
| 1909 | — | — | 25 | #522 |
| 1908 | — | — | 25 | #503 |
| 1907 | — | — | 20 | #547 |
| 1906 | — | — | 26 | #431 |
| 1905 | — | — | 20 | #510 |
| 1904 | — | — | 12 | #700 |
| 1903 | — | — | 22 | #439 |
| 1902 | — | — | 20 | #477 |
| 1901 | — | — | 24 | #383 |
| 1900 | — | — | 24 | #472 |
| 1899 | — | — | 17 | #462 |
| 1898 | — | — | 24 | #407 |
| 1897 | — | — | 17 | #484 |
| 1896 | — | — | 14 | #565 |
| 1895 | — | — | 13 | #584 |
| 1894 | — | — | 25 | #372 |
| 1893 | — | — | 17 | #454 |
| 1892 | — | — | 20 | #428 |
| 1891 | — | — | 18 | #419 |
| 1890 | — | — | 22 | #379 |
| 1889 | — | — | 17 | #449 |
| 1888 | — | — | 22 | #399 |
| 1887 | — | — | 21 | #358 |
| 1886 | — | — | 11 | #583 |
| 1885 | — | — | 23 | #367 |
| 1884 | — | — | 22 | #378 |
| 1883 | — | — | 18 | #418 |
| 1882 | — | — | 12 | #554 |
| 1881 | — | — | 24 | #336 |
| 1880 | — | — | 22 | #364 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).