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Evans

#2,082 in 2025Boys' name

Welsh surname transferred into given-name use

Evans has been given to 5,488 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #2,082 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 86 recorded.

Babies named Evans, 2025

1 in 46,700

Evans over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
025507510018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Evans: meaning, origin, and history

Welsh surname transferred into given-name use

English and Welsh

What Evans means

Evans is a given name.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Evans is used in English (African).

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛv.ənz/ for Evans.

The naming story behind Evans

Evans is a given name adopted from Welsh surname. This establishes the immediate naming route. A surname transfer is different from a direct translation of the modern given-name spelling; the family name may have its own earlier derivation.

Origin, language, and formation

Evans is used in English and Cebuano. Its origins include English and Welsh.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Evans is pronounced /ˈɛvənz/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,371 boys were recorded with the name Evans between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 86 in 2024; its best national rank was #446 in 1896.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,668 in 2020 to #2,082 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,041 in 2015 to #2,082 in 2025.

In the United States, 117 girls were recorded with the name Evans between 1921 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 16 in 2023; its best national rank was #4,671 in 1921.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #11,418 in 2020 to #7,605 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #15,095 in 2015 to #7,605 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Evans?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 46,700
71 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 24,100
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,082
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
32,366 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Evans sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5001%

Put another way: gather 32,366 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Evans. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Evanss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Evans was born before 1954 — so the typical Evans is around 71 today.

Median birth year
1954
About 71 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
12.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
20.6%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,920
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Choose a decade

1920s — 12.1% of all recorded uses (648).

Is Evans rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−217
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+586
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+959
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.87×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
82.6%
Peak was 2024 (86)
Years since peak
1
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
18.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#446
1896

Spellings of Evans

Evans is not the most common spelling — Evan is, with 53.0% against Evans's 0.99%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Evans is used

Across 2016–2025, Evans was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in 16,667 boys, against 1 in 33,694 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 50,000).

26 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in 16,667
  2. 2Georgia1 in 33,333
  3. 3New Jersey1 in 33,333
  4. 4New York1 in 33,333
  5. 5South Carolina1 in 33,333
  6. 6Texas1 in 33,333
  7. 7California1 in 50,000
  8. 8North Carolina1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Evans around the world

Where Evans ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2003–2024
    #3,255
    in 2024
  • France
    1970–2025
    #4,313
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #2,328
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1951–1951
    #321
    in 1951

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Evans

People whose public names include Evans, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Evans in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Evans. Linked forms have their own page here.

Evan

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Evans by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,082
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 586
Best rank ever
#446
1896
Peak year
2024
86 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,371
Count in 2025
71

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#7,605
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 3,813
Best rank ever
#4,671
1921
Peak year
2023
16 that year
First recorded
1921
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
117
Count in 2025
14

Names similar to Evans

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

EvanderEvaanHansEvaristoEvannEvaEvangelosEvanEvartEvaldFransEvanshEvardEvangeloChansEvanteEvagelosEvayShriyansEvangelEvarEvanstonEvanjamesWillians

Names with a curve like Evans

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Evans, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

OrrinHoseaOrinMahlonLeanderEnosCrawfordJulesWilliamsRichmondRaleighHenderson

Sibling names for Evans

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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