Evan
Evan was given to 2,412 boys in 2025, #153 among boys’ names; 292,426 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 278,000 Americans named Evan and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (95% of everyone recorded); the median is 22 years old and half are between 15 and 32.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Evan by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Evan mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Evan is “a male given name from Welsh Ifan, equivalent to English John.” Its etymology gives the sense “God is gracious” (literally).
Anglicization of Welsh Ifan, ultimately from Latin Jōhannēs, variant of Iōannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (yōḥānān, yokhanán, literally “God is gracious”). Doublet of Giovanni, Ian, Ivan, Jack, Jean, Johan, Johann, Johannes, John, Sean, Shane, Shaun, and Shawn.
/ˈɛ.vən/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Evan?
#153 among boys’ names, 2025
Evan fell from #67 in 2015 to #153 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 3.1 to 1.4 per 1,000.
10,410 babies in 2007, the peak
Evan peaked in 2007, when 10,410 babies were given it (10,295 boys, #40 among boys’ names). The 2,462 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 24% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,412 | #153 | 1.4 |
| 2024 | 2,535 | #143 | 1.5 |
| 2023 | 2,597 | #137 | 1.5 |
| 2022 | 2,845 | #133 | 1.6 |
| 2021 | 3,207 | #116 | 1.8 |
| 2020 | 3,418 | #105 | 2.0 |
| 2019 | 3,964 | #96 | 2.2 |
| 2018 | 4,392 | #85 | 2.4 |
| 2017 | 4,727 | #85 | 2.6 |
| 2016 | 5,613 | #69 | 3.0 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5,916 | #67 | 3.1 |
| 2014 | 6,725 | #58 | 3.5 |
| 2013 | 7,120 | #55 | 3.8 |
| 2012 | 7,912 | #47 | 4.2 |
| 2011 | 8,661 | #40 | 4.6 |
| 2010 | 9,732 | #36 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 10,280 | #35 | 5.2 |
| 2008 | 9,926 | #38 | 4.9 |
| 2007 | 10,295 | #40 | 5.0 |
| 2006 | 10,129 | #42 | 4.9 |
| 2005 | 10,109 | #39 | 5.1 |
| 2004 | 9,983 | #39 | 5.0 |
| 2003 | 9,444 | #44 | 4.8 |
| 2002 | 7,386 | #56 | 3.8 |
| 2001 | 7,258 | #56 | 3.7 |
| 2000 | 7,334 | #55 | 3.7 |
| 1999 | 6,850 | #57 | 3.6 |
| 1998 | 6,084 | #63 | 3.2 |
| 1997 | 6,002 | #61 | 3.2 |
| 1996 | 5,577 | #65 | 2.9 |
| 1995 | 6,092 | #60 | 3.2 |
| 1994 | 5,895 | #62 | 3.1 |
| 1993 | 6,089 | #62 | 3.1 |
| 1992 | 6,051 | #66 | 3.0 |
| 1991 | 5,448 | #70 | 2.7 |
| 1990 | 5,308 | #71 | 2.6 |
| 1989 | 4,926 | #69 | 2.5 |
| 1988 | 4,337 | #74 | 2.3 |
| 1987 | 3,868 | #83 | 2.1 |
| 1986 | 3,887 | #81 | 2.1 |
| 1985 | 3,219 | #91 | 1.7 |
| 1984 | 2,937 | #98 | 1.6 |
| 1983 | 3,046 | #93 | 1.7 |
| 1982 | 2,669 | #108 | 1.5 |
| 1981 | 1,972 | #139 | 1.1 |
| 1980 | 1,623 | #159 | 0.91 |
| 1979 | 1,402 | #169 | 0.81 |
| 1978 | 1,156 | #199 | 0.70 |
| 1977 | 1,006 | #220 | 0.61 |
| 1976 | 777 | #254 | 0.50 |
| 1975 | 620 | #303 | 0.40 |
| 1974 | 631 | #293 | 0.40 |
| 1973 | 573 | #306 | 0.37 |
| 1972 | 560 | #322 | 0.35 |
| 1971 | 549 | #334 | 0.31 |
| 1970 | 596 | #323 | 0.32 |
| 1969 | 544 | #333 | 0.30 |
| 1968 | 450 | #366 | 0.26 |
| 1967 | 492 | #338 | 0.28 |
| 1966 | 546 | #319 | 0.31 |
| 1965 | 559 | #321 | 0.30 |
| 1964 | 605 | #316 | 0.30 |
| 1963 | 455 | #373 | 0.22 |
| 1962 | 494 | #356 | 0.24 |
| 1961 | 488 | #361 | 0.23 |
| 1960 | 451 | #371 | 0.21 |
| 1959 | 395 | #400 | 0.19 |
| 1958 | 328 | #433 | 0.15 |
| 1957 | 301 | #440 | 0.14 |
| 1956 | 357 | #401 | 0.17 |
| 1955 | 323 | #406 | 0.16 |
| 1954 | 287 | #423 | 0.14 |
| 1953 | 275 | #420 | 0.14 |
| 1952 | 289 | #405 | 0.15 |
| 1951 | 226 | #447 | 0.12 |
| 1950 | 208 | #458 | 0.12 |
| 1949 | 174 | #505 | 0.10 |
| 1948 | 165 | #512 | 0.09 |
| 1947 | 210 | #464 | 0.11 |
| 1946 | 166 | #502 | 0.10 |
| 1945 | 138 | #510 | 0.10 |
| 1944 | 136 | #522 | 0.10 |
| 1943 | 148 | #509 | 0.10 |
| 1942 | 154 | #497 | 0.11 |
| 1941 | 128 | #526 | 0.10 |
| 1940 | 126 | #518 | 0.11 |
| 1939 | 126 | #504 | 0.11 |
| 1938 | 128 | #512 | 0.12 |
| 1937 | 120 | #529 | 0.11 |
| 1936 | 97 | #588 | 0.09 |
| 1935 | 106 | #560 | 0.10 |
| 1934 | 136 | #492 | 0.13 |
| 1933 | 108 | #550 | 0.11 |
| 1932 | 116 | #545 | 0.11 |
| 1931 | 112 | #556 | 0.11 |
| 1930 | 126 | #532 | 0.11 |
| 1929 | 118 | #539 | 0.11 |
| 1928 | 130 | #529 | 0.12 |
| 1927 | 164 | #473 | 0.15 |
| 1926 | 127 | #539 | 0.11 |
| 1925 | 157 | #483 | 0.14 |
| 1924 | 170 | #475 | 0.15 |
| 1923 | 147 | #503 | 0.13 |
| 1922 | 182 | #458 | 0.17 |
| 1921 | 157 | #494 | 0.14 |
| 1920 | 159 | #482 | 0.15 |
| 1919 | 132 | #516 | 0.13 |
| 1918 | 178 | #446 | 0.18 |
| 1917 | 161 | #446 | 0.17 |
| 1916 | 182 | #413 | 0.20 |
| 1915 | 149 | #448 | 0.18 |
| 1914 | 99 | #490 | 0.15 |
| 1913 | 92 | #448 | 0.18 |
| 1912 | 77 | #448 | 0.18 |
| 1911 | 29 | #564 | 0.13 |
| 1910 | 31 | #503 | 0.16 |
| 1909 | 25 | #522 | 0.15 |
| 1908 | 25 | #503 | 0.16 |
| 1907 | 20 | #547 | 0.14 |
| 1906 | 26 | #431 | 0.20 |
| 1905 | 20 | #510 | 0.15 |
| 1904 | 12 | #700 | 0.09 |
| 1903 | 22 | #439 | 0.18 |
| 1902 | 20 | #477 | 0.16 |
| 1901 | 24 | #383 | 0.23 |
| 1900 | 24 | #472 | 0.16 |
| 1899 | 17 | #462 | 0.16 |
| 1898 | 24 | #407 | 0.20 |
| 1897 | 17 | #484 | 0.15 |
| 1896 | 14 | #565 | 0.12 |
| 1895 | 13 | #584 | 0.11 |
| 1894 | 25 | #372 | 0.22 |
| 1893 | 17 | #454 | 0.15 |
| 1892 | 20 | #428 | 0.16 |
| 1891 | 18 | #419 | 0.18 |
| 1890 | 22 | #379 | 0.20 |
| 1889 | 17 | #449 | 0.15 |
| 1888 | 22 | #399 | 0.18 |
| 1887 | 21 | #358 | 0.21 |
| 1886 | 11 | #583 | 0.10 |
| 1885 | 23 | #367 | 0.21 |
| 1884 | 22 | #378 | 0.19 |
| 1883 | 18 | #418 | 0.17 |
| 1882 | 12 | #554 | 0.11 |
| 1881 | 24 | #336 | 0.24 |
| 1880 | 22 | #364 | 0.20 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Evan a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 292,426 Americans recorded as Evan, 2% are girls and 98% boys. In 2025 it went to 50 girls and 2,412 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Evan: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Evan, and how old are they?
278,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 95% of the 292,426 Americans ever recorded as Evan. The median Evan alive today is 22 years old; half are between 15 and 32.
The 2020 Census counted 254,255 people named Evan (4,167 women and girls, 250,088 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 264,812 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 473 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 4,460 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 11,000 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 69,500 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 137,000 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 56,100 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Evan born?
The states with the most babies named Evan are California, Texas and Florida, with 37% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 437 | #92 | 0.9× |
| Texas | 300 | #134 | 0.7× |
| Florida | 157 | #138 | 0.8× |
| New York | 155 | #120 | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 90 | #125 | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 83 | #156 | 1.2× |
| New Jersey | 82 | #118 | 1.1× |
| Ohio | 74 | #179 | 1.2× |
| North Carolina | 66 | #195 | 0.8× |
| Washington | 64 | #125 | 1.2× |
Where Evan is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Evan is most over-represented in Massachusetts: since 1910 it was given 1.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Evan with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 299,250 babies since 1880, Evan is the most given (98% of them). In 2025 it was given to 2,462 of their 2,614 babies (94%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Evan
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Evan and names like it
- Compare Evan and EvinBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sEvan peaked in 2007.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Evan since 1910.
- Welsh namesWiktionary’s origin for Evan: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2007The year the most babies were named Evan.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Evan alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with EMost given first.