Evon — #15336 US unisex name
3,732 babies named Evon in U.S. Social Security records since 1904, with the highest year being 1954. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 13% of names given to girls today.
25% of everyone ever named Evon was born in this single decade.
120 babies were named Evon in 1954 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Evon
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,732 babies named Evon between 1904 and 2024, spanning 121 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Evon currently holds the #15336 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 120 babies received it in a single year. Evon is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 755 additional births since 1913.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Evon performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 936 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Evon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 159 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Evon in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Evon 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 3,732 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.
Evon at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Evon popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1904
- Peak year (1954)
- 120
- Annual births at peak — across 121 years of records
Currently ranks #15336 among girls.
3,732 total births across 121 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1954 with 120 births in a single year.
Evon popularity over time — boys
755 total births recorded since 1913 (Evon as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Evon accounts for 17% of total recorded use across both genders.
Evon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 936 births that decade — 25% of Evon's all-time total
Evon decade highlights
- Peak decade 936 births
- Runner-up 607 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Evon's strongest decade
936 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Evon by state
Where Evon concentrates geographically — total births since 1904
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 159 | 4.3% |
| #2 | California | | 97 | 2.6% |
| #3 | Mississippi | | 96 | 2.6% |
| #4 | Texas | | 79 | 2.1% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 72 | 1.9% |
| #6 | South Carolina | | 53 | 1.4% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 47 | 1.3% |
| #8 | New York | | 42 | 1.1% |
159 of 3,732 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- North Carolina 4.3% of nationwide
- California 2.6% of nationwide
- Mississippi 2.6% of nationwide
- Texas 2.1% of nationwide
- Georgia 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 22 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
North Carolina accounts for 4.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Evon appears in 22 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1904–2024 (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.