Boys' name · since 1980
Evens
Evens has 239 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1986 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,929 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 239
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
Evens sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 239 recorded since 1980.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Evens has been recorded 239 times among boys since 1980, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2022.
- #11,929 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 239 born since 1980
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Evens ranks #11,929 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 239 born since 1980, peaking in the 1980s.
- #11,929 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 239
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
Evens's 239 recorded births place it above 73.73% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
Evens's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Evens splits its recorded history at 1998: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1980 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1986 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Evens popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2022
- Peak year (1986)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Evens by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (81 births, 34% of the file).
1980s was Evens's strongest decade.
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Evens births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
81 births
- 1990s
1990s
66 births
- 2000s
2000s
47 births
- 2010s
2010s
39 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 81 births (34% of all-time use).
Evens by state
Where Evens concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
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- Evens's decade-level peak was the 1980s (81 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Florida records the most Evenss (55 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Evens: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~42 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1980–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Evens draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.