Evo — boys' name
187 babies named Evo in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
55% of everyone ever named Evo was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Evo in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Evo
The Social Security Administration has registered 187 babies named Evo between 1913 and 2009, spanning 97 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Evo currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Evo performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 102 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Evo shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Evo in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Evo 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 187 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.
Evo at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Evo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1913
- Peak year (1920)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 97 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
187 total births across 97 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 18 births in a single year.
Evo by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 102 births that decade — 55% of Evo's all-time total
Evo decade highlights
- Peak decade 102 births
- Runner-up 70 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Evo's strongest decade
102 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Evo by state
Where Evo concentrates geographically — total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 5 | 2.7% |
5 of 187 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 2.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 2.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1913–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.