Evan — #143 US boys' name
285,259 babies named Evan in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99% of names given to boys today.
32% of everyone ever named Evan was born in this single decade.
10,295 babies were named Evan in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Evan
The Social Security Administration has registered 285,259 babies named Evan between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Evan currently holds the #143 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 10,295 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Evan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 92,141 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Evan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 34,135 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Evan in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Evan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 285,259 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Evan at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Evan popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (2007)
- 10,295
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #143 among boys.
285,259 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 10,295 births in a single year.
Evan popularity over time — girls
4,675 total births recorded since 1915 (Evan as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Evan accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Evan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 92,141 births that decade — 32% of Evan's all-time total
Evan decade highlights
- Peak decade 92,141 births
- Runner-up 64,752 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Evan's strongest decade
92,141 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Evan by state
Where Evan concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 34,135 | 12.0% |
| #2 | New York | | 20,316 | 7.1% |
| #3 | Texas | | 17,957 | 6.3% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 14,641 | 5.1% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 13,710 | 4.8% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 12,145 | 4.3% |
| #7 | Florida | | 11,685 | 4.1% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 11,304 | 4.0% |
34,135 of 285,259 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 12.0% of nationwide
- New York 7.1% of nationwide
- Texas 6.3% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 5.1% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 12.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Evan appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.