Evans — #1872 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Evans

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,299 babies named Evans between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Evans currently holds the #1872 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 85 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Evans performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 648 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Evans shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 234 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Evans in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Evans 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 5,299 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.