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Evander: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 389 in 2025. Its best rank was #698 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. Every baby recorded as Evander in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#698 for US boys in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Evander: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 389 boys in 2025. Peak: #698 in 2025 · most boys in one year: 389 (2025).
In 2025, 389 US boys were named Evander, making it the 698th most common boys’ name of the year, up 70 places from #768 in 2024. That is 59 more than the 330 boys named Evander in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #698, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most boys given the name: 389. For comparison, it was #1,619 in 2015 and #2,853 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Evander in 98 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1888 with 5 babies. In all, 4,200 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 1,870 babies named Evander.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,519 US boys were named Evander; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 389. In 2025 that was about 1 in 4,391 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Evander ranked highest in Idaho in 2025, at #391 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state.
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 24 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | 6 | #391 | — |
| Kansas | 8 | #439 | — |
| Michigan | 18 | #467 | #1,021 |
| Colorado | 12 | #479 | — |
| Minnesota | 10 | #531 | — |
| Washington | 13 | #542 | — |
| Tennessee | 13 | #562 | — |
| South Carolina | 8 | #568 | — |
| California | 52 | #574 | #1,395 |
| Kentucky | 7 | #583 | — |
| Indiana | 11 | #594 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 15 | #614 | — |
| Ohio | 15 | #629 | — |
| Florida | 26 | #637 | — |
| Virginia | 11 | #640 | — |
| Utah | 6 | #641 | — |
| Oregon | 5 | #643 | — |
| Arizona | 10 | #648 | — |
| Wisconsin | 6 | #718 | — |
| Massachusetts | 6 | #722 | — |
| Missouri | 7 | #741 | — |
| Texas | 33 | #811 | #1,570 |
| New York | 15 | #892 | #1,391 |
| New Jersey | 6 | #956 | — |
| North Carolina | 8 | #961 | — |
| Illinois | 7 | #1,057 | — |
| Georgia | 7 | #1,135 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 389 | #698 |
| 2024 | — | — | 330 | #768 |
| 2023 | — | — | 325 | #779 |
| 2022 | — | — | 303 | #819 |
| 2021 | — | — | 330 | #761 |
| 2020 | — | — | 193 | #1,047 |
| 2019 | — | — | 178 | #1,108 |
| 2018 | — | — | 192 | #1,058 |
| 2017 | — | — | 162 | #1,159 |
| 2016 | — | — | 117 | #1,474 |
| 2015 | — | — | 99 | #1,619 |
| 2014 | — | — | 93 | #1,659 |
| 2013 | — | — | 75 | #1,885 |
| 2012 | — | — | 82 | #1,804 |
| 2011 | — | — | 58 | #2,241 |
| 2010 | — | — | 52 | #2,417 |
| 2009 | — | — | 44 | #2,773 |
| 2008 | — | — | 40 | #2,968 |
| 2007 | — | — | 41 | #2,882 |
| 2006 | — | — | 45 | #2,633 |
| 2005 | — | — | 31 | #3,266 |
| 2004 | — | — | 20 | #4,310 |
| 2003 | — | — | 32 | #3,012 |
| 2002 | — | — | 20 | #4,083 |
| 2001 | — | — | 18 | #4,350 |
| 2000 | — | — | 18 | #4,266 |
| 1999 | — | — | 22 | #3,511 |
| 1998 | — | — | 37 | #2,361 |
| 1997 | — | — | 50 | #1,865 |
| 1996 | — | — | 27 | #2,776 |
| 1995 | — | — | 21 | #3,229 |
| 1994 | — | — | 23 | #3,053 |
| 1993 | — | — | 40 | #2,022 |
| 1992 | — | — | 55 | #1,604 |
| 1991 | — | — | 75 | #1,298 |
| 1990 | — | — | 50 | #1,639 |
| 1989 | — | — | 30 | #2,262 |
| 1988 | — | — | 16 | #3,258 |
| 1987 | — | — | 12 | #3,803 |
| 1986 | — | — | 8 | #5,012 |
| 1985 | — | — | 13 | #3,469 |
| 1984 | — | — | 9 | #4,310 |
| 1980 | — | — | 7 | #5,113 |
| 1977 | — | — | 5 | #6,163 |
| 1976 | — | — | 6 | #5,137 |
| 1974 | — | — | 5 | #5,464 |
| 1971 | — | — | 5 | #5,159 |
| 1970 | — | — | 7 | #3,979 |
| 1969 | — | — | 6 | #4,093 |
| 1966 | — | — | 8 | #3,067 |
| 1965 | — | — | 11 | #2,523 |
| 1962 | — | — | 7 | #3,411 |
| 1961 | — | — | 6 | #3,776 |
| 1960 | — | — | 6 | #3,788 |
| 1959 | — | — | 10 | #2,708 |
| 1958 | — | — | 5 | #4,138 |
| 1956 | — | — | 9 | #2,854 |
| 1955 | — | — | 8 | #3,046 |
| 1954 | — | — | 12 | #2,351 |
| 1953 | — | — | 7 | #3,225 |
| 1952 | — | — | 6 | #3,488 |
| 1951 | — | — | 7 | #3,157 |
| 1950 | — | — | 8 | #2,853 |
| 1949 | — | — | 8 | #2,868 |
| 1947 | — | — | 8 | #2,953 |
| 1946 | — | — | 10 | #2,454 |
| 1943 | — | — | 10 | #2,452 |
| 1942 | — | — | 11 | #2,307 |
| 1941 | — | — | 7 | #2,968 |
| 1939 | — | — | 5 | #3,657 |
| 1938 | — | — | 6 | #3,289 |
| 1937 | — | — | 5 | #3,704 |
| 1936 | — | — | 6 | #3,281 |
| 1935 | — | — | 7 | #3,061 |
| 1934 | — | — | 5 | #3,855 |
| 1933 | — | — | 6 | #3,401 |
| 1931 | — | — | 6 | #3,527 |
| 1930 | — | — | 8 | #3,112 |
| 1928 | — | — | 7 | #3,477 |
| 1927 | — | — | 10 | #2,774 |
| 1926 | — | — | 6 | #3,858 |
| 1925 | — | — | 12 | #2,484 |
| 1924 | — | — | 6 | #4,036 |
| 1923 | — | — | 16 | #2,055 |
| 1922 | — | — | 12 | #2,537 |
| 1921 | — | — | 9 | #3,059 |
| 1920 | — | — | 5 | #4,517 |
| 1919 | — | — | 7 | #3,531 |
| 1918 | — | — | 11 | #2,598 |
| 1917 | — | — | 9 | #2,809 |
| 1916 | — | — | 9 | #2,788 |
| 1915 | — | — | 10 | #2,504 |
| 1914 | — | — | 9 | #2,329 |
| 1912 | — | — | 6 | #2,372 |
| 1911 | — | — | 5 | #1,828 |
| 1898 | — | — | 5 | #1,188 |
| 1895 | — | — | 7 | #918 |
| 1888 | — | — | 5 | #1,082 |
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).