Evander
Evander was given to 389 boys in 2025, #698 among boys’ names; 4,200 Americans have been recorded with it since 1888 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,870 Americans named Evander and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (92% of everyone recorded); the median is 7 years old and half are between 3 and 16.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Evander by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Evander mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Evander is “a male given name from Ancient Greek.” Its etymology gives the sense “good man” (literally).
From Latin Euander, from Ancient Greek Εὔανδρος (Eúandros, literally “good man”).
/ɪˈvændɚ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Evander?
#698 among boys’ names, 2025
Evander rose from #1,619 in 2015 to #698 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.05 to 0.23 per 1,000.
389 babies in 2025, the peak
Evander peaked in 2025, when 389 boys were given it, #698 among boys’ names. In 2024 it went to 330 boys.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 389 | #698 | 0.23 |
| 2024 | 330 | #768 | 0.19 |
| 2023 | 325 | #779 | 0.19 |
| 2022 | 303 | #819 | 0.17 |
| 2021 | 330 | #761 | 0.19 |
| 2020 | 193 | #1,047 | 0.11 |
| 2019 | 178 | #1,108 | 0.10 |
| 2018 | 192 | #1,058 | 0.11 |
| 2017 | 162 | #1,159 | 0.09 |
| 2016 | 117 | #1,474 | 0.06 |
Every recorded year (98)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 99 | #1,619 | 0.05 |
| 2014 | 93 | #1,659 | 0.05 |
| 2013 | 75 | #1,884 | 0.04 |
| 2012 | 82 | #1,803 | 0.04 |
| 2011 | 58 | #2,240 | 0.03 |
| 2010 | 52 | #2,416 | 0.03 |
| 2009 | 44 | #2,772 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 40 | #2,967 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 41 | #2,880 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 45 | #2,632 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 31 | #3,262 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 20 | #4,305 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 32 | #3,008 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 20 | #4,077 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 18 | #4,344 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,259 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 22 | #3,506 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 37 | #2,358 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 50 | #1,862 | 0.03 |
| 1996 | 27 | #2,771 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 21 | #3,224 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 23 | #3,047 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 40 | #2,017 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 55 | #1,599 | 0.03 |
| 1991 | 75 | #1,292 | 0.04 |
| 1990 | 50 | #1,634 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 30 | #2,256 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,253 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,798 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 8 | #5,007 | under 0.01 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,466 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,307 | under 0.01 |
| 1980 | 7 | #5,111 | under 0.01 |
| 1977 | 5 | #6,161 | under 0.01 |
| 1976 | 6 | #5,135 | under 0.01 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,462 | under 0.01 |
| 1971 | 5 | #5,157 | under 0.01 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,977 | under 0.01 |
| 1969 | 6 | #4,092 | under 0.01 |
| 1966 | 8 | #3,066 | under 0.01 |
| 1965 | 11 | #2,522 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,410 | under 0.01 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,775 | under 0.01 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,787 | under 0.01 |
| 1959 | 10 | #2,707 | under 0.01 |
| 1958 | 5 | #4,137 | under 0.01 |
| 1956 | 9 | #2,853 | under 0.01 |
| 1955 | 8 | #3,045 | under 0.01 |
| 1954 | 12 | #2,350 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,224 | under 0.01 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,486 | under 0.01 |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,156 | under 0.01 |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,852 | under 0.01 |
| 1949 | 8 | #2,867 | under 0.01 |
| 1947 | 8 | #2,952 | under 0.01 |
| 1946 | 10 | #2,453 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 10 | #2,451 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,306 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,967 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,656 | under 0.01 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,288 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,702 | under 0.01 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,280 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,061 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,853 | under 0.01 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,400 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,526 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,110 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,475 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,773 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,856 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,482 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,034 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,054 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,536 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,058 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,515 | under 0.01 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,530 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,597 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,808 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 9 | #2,787 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,503 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,328 | 0.01 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,371 | 0.01 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,827 | 0.02 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,187 | 0.04 |
| 1895 | 7 | #917 | 0.06 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,081 | 0.04 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Evander a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Evander has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 98 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Evander: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Evander, and how old are they?
3,870 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 92% of the 4,200 Americans ever recorded as Evander. The median Evander alive today is 7 years old; half are between 3 and 16.
The 2020 Census counted 1,891 people named Evander (9 women and girls, 1,882 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,102 born in the U.S. The Census count is 10% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 17 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 75 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 52 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 363 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 601 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,770 |
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 Evander born?
The states with the most babies named Evander are California, Texas and Florida, with 33% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 52 | #574 | 0.7× |
| Texas | 33 | #811 | 0.5× |
| Florida | 26 | #637 | 0.6× |
| Michigan | 18 | #467 | 0.6× |
| New York | 15 | #892 | 0.6× |
| Pennsylvania | 15 | #614 | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 15 | #629 | 0.7× |
| Washington | 13 | #542 | 0.9× |
| Tennessee | 13 | #562 | 0.6× |
| Colorado | 12 | #479 | 0.8× |
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 Evander with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Evander
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 Evander and names like it
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- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Evander since 1910.
- Ancient Greek namesWiktionary’s origin for Evander: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Evander.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Evander alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with EMost given first.