Evan

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Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys

Origin: Welsh

Meaning

Evan is a Welsh masculine given name, derived from Iefan, a Welsh form of the name John. Evan can also occasionally be found as a shortened version of Greek names like Evangelos, Evander, or Evandro.

From Wikipedia

Evan first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2008 with 1,185 babies (rank #21 that year). In 2024 it was given to 347 boys (rank #81). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Evan

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Evan yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

26,966
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
1,185
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1991735#65
1992791#60
1993674#66
1994620#62
1995732#54
1996661#61
1997667#60
1998655#58
1999809#43
2000778#43
2001859#41
2002807#45
20031,027#31
20041,151#26
20051,175#24
20061,151#25
20071,091#27
20081,185#21
20091,134#20
20101,054#21
2011923#29
2012942#28
2013893#31
2014807#37
2015747#42
2016676#45
2017635#47
2018603#48
2019563#51
2020490#59
2021527#52
2022445#63
2023375#71
2024347#81