Meaning not yet researched.
Evans: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 71 in 2025. Its best rank was #446 in 1896.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #446 in 1896; #2,082 in 2025. About 84% of babies named Evans in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,082 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1896, at #446.
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Evans: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 71 boys in 2025. Peak: #446 in 1896 · most boys in one year: 86 (2024).
In 2025, 71 US boys were named Evans, making it the 2,082nd most common boys’ name of the year, down 217 places from #1,865 in 2024. That is 15 fewer than the 86 boys named Evans in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #446, reached in 1896. The most boys given the name in a single year was 86, in 2024. For comparison, it was #3,042 in 2015 and #908 in 1950.
In 2025, 14 US girls were named Evans, making it the 7,607th most common girls’ name of the year, up 8,439 places from #16,046 in 2024. That is 9 more than the 5 girls named Evans in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #4,673, reached in 1921. The most girls given the name in a single year was 16, in 2023. For comparison, it was #15,100 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Evans in 144 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 10 babies. In all, 5,488 US babies have been given the name, 2.1% of them girls and 98% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 654 babies named Evans.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 570 US boys were named Evans; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 86. In 2025 that was about 1 in 24,057 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Evans ranked highest in North Carolina in 2025, at #1,063 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Evan (292,426 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Evens, Yvens and Ivansh 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: Evens (239), Yvens (47), Ivansh (32), Evins (16), Evansh (11).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Evans in the open dataset we use.
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 46 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 7 | #1,063 | — |
| Florida | 7 | #1,524 | — |
| New York | 6 | #1,629 | #1,916 |
| Texas | 8 | #1,960 | — |
| California | 7 | #2,052 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,607 | 71 | #2,082 |
| 2024 | 5 | #16,046 | 86 | #1,865 |
| 2023 | 16 | #7,034 | 65 | #2,198 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,637 | 71 | #2,103 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,441 | 47 | #2,704 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,423 | 47 | #2,669 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,701 | 42 | #2,910 |
| 2018 | 6 | #14,368 | 39 | #3,013 |
| 2017 | — | — | 47 | #2,648 |
| 2016 | 7 | #13,347 | 55 | #2,373 |
| 2015 | 6 | #15,100 | 38 | #3,042 |
| 2014 | 6 | #15,191 | 39 | #2,948 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,623 | 50 | #2,473 |
| 2012 | — | — | 37 | #3,070 |
| 2011 | — | — | 36 | #3,129 |
| 2010 | 6 | #15,585 | 37 | #3,096 |
| 2009 | — | — | 29 | #3,662 |
| 2008 | — | — | 39 | #3,020 |
| 2007 | — | — | 40 | #2,943 |
| 2006 | — | — | 35 | #3,103 |
| 2005 | — | — | 28 | #3,473 |
| 2004 | — | — | 37 | #2,802 |
| 2003 | — | — | 33 | #2,949 |
| 2002 | — | — | 22 | #3,830 |
| 2001 | — | — | 35 | #2,705 |
| 2000 | — | — | 32 | #2,827 |
| 1999 | — | — | 38 | #2,367 |
| 1998 | — | — | 31 | #2,671 |
| 1997 | — | — | 27 | #2,849 |
| 1996 | — | — | 23 | #3,144 |
| 1995 | — | — | 32 | #2,416 |
| 1994 | — | — | 31 | #2,465 |
| 1993 | — | — | 30 | #2,469 |
| 1992 | — | — | 31 | #2,377 |
| 1991 | — | — | 39 | #1,961 |
| 1990 | — | — | 42 | #1,850 |
| 1989 | — | — | 37 | #1,962 |
| 1988 | — | — | 39 | #1,776 |
| 1987 | — | — | 36 | #1,808 |
| 1986 | — | — | 42 | #1,570 |
| 1985 | — | — | 41 | #1,575 |
| 1984 | — | — | 28 | #1,949 |
| 1983 | — | — | 36 | #1,638 |
| 1982 | — | — | 42 | #1,497 |
| 1981 | — | — | 37 | #1,613 |
| 1980 | — | — | 28 | #1,978 |
| 1979 | — | — | 28 | #1,918 |
| 1978 | — | — | 33 | #1,667 |
| 1977 | — | — | 28 | #1,837 |
| 1976 | — | — | 33 | #1,624 |
| 1975 | — | — | 17 | #2,479 |
| 1974 | — | — | 25 | #1,848 |
| 1973 | — | — | 17 | #2,344 |
| 1972 | — | — | 38 | #1,370 |
| 1971 | — | — | 38 | #1,386 |
| 1970 | 5 | #8,370 | 32 | #1,504 |
| 1969 | — | — | 35 | #1,364 |
| 1968 | — | — | 34 | #1,325 |
| 1967 | — | — | 32 | #1,349 |
| 1966 | — | — | 35 | #1,291 |
| 1965 | — | — | 35 | #1,301 |
| 1964 | — | — | 39 | #1,244 |
| 1963 | — | — | 28 | #1,493 |
| 1962 | — | — | 35 | #1,320 |
| 1961 | — | — | 43 | #1,210 |
| 1960 | — | — | 42 | #1,215 |
| 1959 | — | — | 30 | #1,449 |
| 1958 | — | — | 36 | #1,284 |
| 1957 | — | — | 43 | #1,190 |
| 1956 | — | — | 61 | #961 |
| 1955 | — | — | 38 | #1,227 |
| 1954 | — | — | 46 | #1,106 |
| 1953 | — | — | 60 | #928 |
| 1952 | — | — | 33 | #1,301 |
| 1951 | — | — | 42 | #1,116 |
| 1950 | — | — | 57 | #908 |
| 1949 | — | — | 61 | #879 |
| 1948 | — | — | 49 | #1,009 |
| 1947 | — | — | 56 | #943 |
| 1946 | — | — | 57 | #870 |
| 1945 | — | — | 36 | #1,091 |
| 1944 | — | — | 52 | #881 |
| 1943 | — | — | 45 | #1,000 |
| 1942 | — | — | 42 | #1,041 |
| 1941 | — | — | 38 | #1,057 |
| 1940 | — | — | 40 | #1,022 |
| 1939 | — | — | 34 | #1,107 |
| 1938 | — | — | 39 | #1,031 |
| 1937 | — | — | 43 | #961 |
| 1936 | — | — | 49 | #874 |
| 1935 | — | — | 46 | #932 |
| 1934 | — | — | 38 | #1,066 |
| 1933 | — | — | 45 | #941 |
| 1932 | — | — | 47 | #954 |
| 1931 | — | — | 52 | #892 |
| 1930 | — | — | 64 | #812 |
| 1929 | — | — | 54 | #917 |
| 1928 | — | — | 58 | #878 |
| 1927 | — | — | 60 | #875 |
| 1926 | — | — | 70 | #778 |
| 1925 | — | — | 45 | #1,027 |
| 1924 | — | — | 61 | #890 |
| 1923 | — | — | 77 | #746 |
| 1922 | — | — | 68 | #823 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,673 | 77 | #762 |
| 1920 | — | — | 78 | #740 |
| 1919 | — | — | 67 | #793 |
| 1918 | — | — | 73 | #755 |
| 1917 | — | — | 75 | #700 |
| 1916 | — | — | 81 | #653 |
| 1915 | — | — | 71 | #695 |
| 1914 | — | — | 54 | #705 |
| 1913 | — | — | 33 | #841 |
| 1912 | — | — | 34 | #741 |
| 1911 | — | — | 21 | #697 |
| 1910 | — | — | 24 | #587 |
| 1909 | — | — | 15 | #730 |
| 1908 | — | — | 13 | #758 |
| 1907 | — | — | 8 | #1,027 |
| 1906 | — | — | 14 | #654 |
| 1905 | — | — | 13 | #677 |
| 1904 | — | — | 12 | #701 |
| 1903 | — | — | 15 | #583 |
| 1902 | — | — | 15 | #563 |
| 1901 | — | — | 10 | #698 |
| 1900 | — | — | 12 | #757 |
| 1899 | — | — | 11 | #631 |
| 1898 | — | — | 18 | #491 |
| 1897 | — | — | 8 | #809 |
| 1896 | — | — | 20 | #446 |
| 1895 | — | — | 13 | #585 |
| 1894 | — | — | 9 | #754 |
| 1893 | — | — | 11 | #626 |
| 1892 | — | — | 15 | #529 |
| 1891 | — | — | 7 | #798 |
| 1890 | — | — | 14 | #517 |
| 1889 | — | — | 16 | #471 |
| 1888 | — | — | 14 | #536 |
| 1887 | — | — | 6 | #855 |
| 1886 | — | — | 14 | #498 |
| 1885 | — | — | 5 | #985 |
| 1882 | — | — | 12 | #555 |
| 1881 | — | — | 7 | #733 |
| 1880 | — | — | 10 | #615 |
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).