Boys' name · since 1912
Evald
Evald has 49 recorded births since 1912 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1915 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,293 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 49
- born since 1912
- 1910s
- peak decade
Evald sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 49 recorded since 1912.
Evald has 49 recorded births among boys since 1912, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1912 to 1929.
- #22,293 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 49 born since 1912
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Evald ranks #22,293 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 49 born since 1912, peaking in the 1910s.
- #22,293 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 49
- born since 1912
- 1910s
- peak decade
Evald's 49 recorded births place it above 50.74% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Evald's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Evald splits its recorded history at 1916: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1912 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1915 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Evald popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1912–1929
- Peak year (1915)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Evald by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (44 births, 90% of the file).
1910s was Evald's strongest decade.
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 90% of all-time use.
Evald births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
44 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 44 births (90% of all-time use).
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- Evald's decade-level peak was the 1910s (44 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1920s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Evald: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~17 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1912–1929 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Evald draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.