Evans
Evans is given to both girls and boys: 14 girls and 71 boys were given it in 2025 (#7,605 among girls’ names and #2,082 among boys’, #3,944 among all names counting both); 5,488 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,000 Americans named Evans and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (55% of everyone recorded); the median is 35 years old and half are between 13 and 60.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Evans by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Evans?
#2,082 among boys’ names, 2025
Evans rose from #3,041 in 2015 to #2,082 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 19.8 to 41.6 per million.
91 babies in 2024, the peak
Evans peaked in 2024, when 91 babies were given it (86 boys, #1,865 among boys’ names). The 85 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 93% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 71 | #2,082 | 0.04 |
| 2024 | 86 | #1,865 | 0.05 |
| 2023 | 65 | #2,197 | 0.04 |
| 2022 | 71 | #2,102 | 0.04 |
| 2021 | 47 | #2,703 | 0.03 |
| 2020 | 47 | #2,668 | 0.03 |
| 2019 | 42 | #2,908 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 39 | #3,011 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 47 | #2,647 | 0.03 |
| 2016 | 55 | #2,373 | 0.03 |
Every recorded year (144)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 38 | #3,041 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 39 | #2,946 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 50 | #2,472 | 0.03 |
| 2012 | 37 | #3,068 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 36 | #3,128 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 37 | #3,095 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 29 | #3,660 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 39 | #3,019 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 40 | #2,941 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 35 | #3,102 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 28 | #3,469 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 37 | #2,798 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 33 | #2,945 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 22 | #3,825 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 35 | #2,700 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 32 | #2,822 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 38 | #2,364 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 31 | #2,668 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 27 | #2,845 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 23 | #3,139 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 32 | #2,411 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 31 | #2,460 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 30 | #2,463 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 31 | #2,372 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 39 | #1,955 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 42 | #1,845 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 37 | #1,957 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 39 | #1,771 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 36 | #1,806 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 42 | #1,569 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 41 | #1,574 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 28 | #1,948 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 36 | #1,637 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 42 | #1,496 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 37 | #1,612 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 28 | #1,978 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 28 | #1,918 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 33 | #1,667 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 28 | #1,837 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 33 | #1,623 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 17 | #2,477 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 25 | #1,848 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 17 | #2,342 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 38 | #1,370 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 38 | #1,386 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 32 | #1,503 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 35 | #1,364 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 34 | #1,325 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 32 | #1,348 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 35 | #1,290 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 35 | #1,301 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 39 | #1,243 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 28 | #1,492 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 35 | #1,319 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 43 | #1,209 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 42 | #1,214 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 30 | #1,448 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 36 | #1,283 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 43 | #1,189 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 61 | #960 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 38 | #1,226 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 46 | #1,105 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 60 | #927 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 33 | #1,300 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 42 | #1,115 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 57 | #907 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 61 | #878 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 49 | #1,008 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 56 | #942 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 57 | #870 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 36 | #1,090 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 52 | #881 | 0.04 |
| 1943 | 45 | #1,000 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 42 | #1,041 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 38 | #1,057 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 40 | #1,022 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 34 | #1,107 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 39 | #1,031 | 0.04 |
| 1937 | 43 | #961 | 0.04 |
| 1936 | 49 | #874 | 0.05 |
| 1935 | 46 | #932 | 0.04 |
| 1934 | 38 | #1,066 | 0.04 |
| 1933 | 45 | #941 | 0.05 |
| 1932 | 47 | #954 | 0.05 |
| 1931 | 52 | #892 | 0.05 |
| 1930 | 64 | #812 | 0.06 |
| 1929 | 54 | #917 | 0.05 |
| 1928 | 58 | #878 | 0.05 |
| 1927 | 60 | #875 | 0.05 |
| 1926 | 70 | #778 | 0.06 |
| 1925 | 45 | #1,027 | 0.04 |
| 1924 | 61 | #890 | 0.05 |
| 1923 | 77 | #746 | 0.07 |
| 1922 | 68 | #823 | 0.06 |
| 1921 | 77 | #762 | 0.07 |
| 1920 | 78 | #740 | 0.07 |
| 1919 | 67 | #793 | 0.07 |
| 1918 | 73 | #755 | 0.07 |
| 1917 | 75 | #700 | 0.08 |
| 1916 | 81 | #653 | 0.09 |
| 1915 | 71 | #695 | 0.08 |
| 1914 | 54 | #705 | 0.08 |
| 1913 | 33 | #841 | 0.06 |
| 1912 | 34 | #741 | 0.08 |
| 1911 | 21 | #697 | 0.09 |
| 1910 | 24 | #587 | 0.12 |
| 1909 | 15 | #730 | 0.09 |
| 1908 | 13 | #758 | 0.08 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,026 | 0.05 |
| 1906 | 14 | #654 | 0.11 |
| 1905 | 13 | #677 | 0.10 |
| 1904 | 12 | #701 | 0.09 |
| 1903 | 15 | #583 | 0.13 |
| 1902 | 15 | #562 | 0.12 |
| 1901 | 10 | #698 | 0.09 |
| 1900 | 12 | #756 | 0.08 |
| 1899 | 11 | #631 | 0.10 |
| 1898 | 18 | #491 | 0.15 |
| 1897 | 8 | #808 | 0.07 |
| 1896 | 20 | #446 | 0.17 |
| 1895 | 13 | #585 | 0.11 |
| 1894 | 9 | #753 | 0.08 |
| 1893 | 11 | #626 | 0.10 |
| 1892 | 15 | #529 | 0.12 |
| 1891 | 7 | #797 | 0.07 |
| 1890 | 14 | #517 | 0.13 |
| 1889 | 16 | #471 | 0.14 |
| 1888 | 14 | #536 | 0.12 |
| 1887 | 6 | #855 | 0.06 |
| 1886 | 14 | #498 | 0.13 |
| 1885 | 5 | #984 | 0.05 |
| 1882 | 12 | #555 | 0.11 |
| 1881 | 7 | #732 | 0.07 |
| 1880 | 10 | #615 | 0.09 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Evans a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 5,488 Americans recorded as Evans, 2% are girls and 98% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Evans: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Evans, and how old are they?
3,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 55% of the 5,488 Americans ever recorded as Evans. The median Evans alive today is 35 years old; half are between 13 and 60.
The 2020 Census counted 3,839 people named Evans (278 women and girls, 3,561 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,813 born in the U.S. The Census count is 36% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 148 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 552 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 434 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 537 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 533 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 791 |
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 Evans born?
The states with the most babies named Evans are Texas, Florida and California, with 63% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 8 | #1,960 | 0.2× |
| Florida | 7 | #1,524 | 1.5× |
| California | 7 | #2,052 | 0.1× |
| North Carolina | 7 | #1,063 | 0.4× |
| New York | 6 | #1,629 | 0.5× |
Where Evans is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Evans is most over-represented in South Carolina: since 1910 it was given 2.1 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 Evans 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 2 names spelled alike, given to 5,727 babies since 1880, Evans is the most given (96% of them). In 2025 it was given to 85 of their 85 babies (100%), 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 Evans
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 Evans and names like it
- Compare Evans and EvensBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sEvans peaked in 2024.
- Florida’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Evans since 1910.
- The top names of 2024The year the most babies were named Evans.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Evans alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with EMost given first.