Evander — #769 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Evander

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,808 babies named Evander between 1888 and 2024, spanning 137 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Evander currently holds the #769 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 330 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Evander performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 1,478 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Evander shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 316 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Evander in 34 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Evander 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 3,808 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.