Primarily a boy's name · 98% boys
Origin: WelshEvan 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.
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In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Evan yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Evan has shed 62% in ten years, dropping from 10,295 births in 2007 and rank 35 in 2009 to 2,526 at rank 143. Its 289,934 births are packed almost entirely into the thirty years around that peak, which is why the name now carries such a precise generational signal. Of Welsh origin, recorded from 1880. Van Heflin turns up in the bearer file again here, as he does under Emmett — the actor was christened Emmett Evan Heflin, so he legitimately belongs to both, which is a useful reminder that a single person can inflate several of these lists at once. Evan Peters, born 1987, and the basketball player Evan Fournier are the genuine modern bearers. Ben Miller, born 1966, is another middle-name match.
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Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 22 | #364 |
| 1881 | 24 | #336 |
| 1882 | 12 | #554 |
| 1883 | 18 | #418 |
| 1884 | 22 | #378 |
| 1885 | 23 | #367 |
| 1886 | 11 | #583 |
| 1887 | 21 | #358 |
| 1888 | 22 | #399 |
| 1889 | 17 | #449 |
| 1890 | 22 | #379 |
| 1891 | 18 | #419 |
| 1892 | 20 | #428 |
| 1893 | 17 | #454 |
| 1894 | 25 | #372 |
| 1895 | 13 | #584 |
| 1896 | 14 | #565 |
| 1897 | 17 | #484 |
| 1898 | 24 | #407 |
| 1899 | 17 | #462 |
| 1900 | 24 | #472 |
| 1901 | 24 | #383 |
| 1902 | 20 | #477 |
| 1903 | 22 | #439 |
| 1904 | 12 | #700 |
| 1905 | 20 | #510 |
| 1906 | 26 | #431 |
| 1907 | 20 | #547 |
| 1908 | 25 | #503 |
| 1909 | 25 | #522 |
| 1910 | 31 | #503 |
| 1911 | 29 | #564 |
| 1912 | 77 | #448 |
| 1913 | 92 | #448 |
| 1914 | 99 | #490 |
| 1915 | 149 | #448 |
| 1916 | 182 | #413 |
| 1917 | 161 | #446 |
| 1918 | 178 | #446 |
| 1919 | 132 | #516 |
| 1920 | 159 | #482 |
| 1921 | 157 | #494 |
| 1922 | 182 | #458 |
| 1923 | 147 | #503 |
| 1924 | 170 | #475 |
| 1925 | 157 | #483 |
| 1926 | 127 | #539 |
| 1927 | 164 | #473 |
| 1928 | 130 | #529 |
| 1929 | 118 | #539 |
| 1930 | 126 | #532 |
| 1931 | 112 | #556 |
| 1932 | 116 | #545 |
| 1933 | 108 | #550 |
| 1934 | 136 | #492 |
| 1935 | 106 | #560 |
| 1936 | 97 | #588 |
| 1937 | 120 | #529 |
| 1938 | 128 | #512 |
| 1939 | 126 | #504 |
| 1940 | 126 | #518 |
| 1941 | 128 | #526 |
| 1942 | 154 | #497 |
| 1943 | 148 | #509 |
| 1944 | 136 | #522 |
| 1945 | 138 | #510 |
| 1946 | 166 | #502 |
| 1947 | 210 | #464 |
| 1948 | 165 | #512 |
| 1949 | 174 | #506 |
| 1950 | 208 | #459 |
| 1951 | 226 | #448 |
| 1952 | 289 | #406 |
| 1953 | 275 | #421 |
| 1954 | 287 | #424 |
| 1955 | 323 | #407 |
| 1956 | 357 | #402 |
| 1957 | 301 | #441 |
| 1958 | 328 | #433 |
| 1959 | 397 | #400 |
| 1960 | 451 | #371 |
| 1961 | 487 | #361 |
| 1962 | 495 | #355 |
| 1963 | 455 | #373 |
| 1964 | 605 | #316 |
| 1965 | 558 | #321 |
| 1966 | 547 | #319 |
| 1967 | 492 | #338 |
| 1968 | 451 | #365 |
| 1969 | 544 | #333 |
| 1970 | 595 | #323 |
| 1971 | 550 | #333 |
| 1972 | 560 | #322 |
| 1973 | 573 | #306 |
| 1974 | 631 | #293 |
| 1975 | 620 | #303 |
| 1976 | 777 | #254 |
| 1977 | 1,006 | #220 |
| 1978 | 1,157 | #198 |
| 1979 | 1,402 | #169 |
| 1980 | 1,624 | #159 |
| 1981 | 1,972 | #139 |
| 1982 | 2,669 | #108 |
| 1983 | 3,046 | #93 |
| 1984 | 2,937 | #98 |
| 1985 | 3,219 | #91 |
| 1986 | 3,888 | #81 |
| 1987 | 3,869 | #83 |
| 1988 | 4,336 | #74 |
| 1989 | 4,926 | #69 |
| 1990 | 5,309 | #71 |
| 1991 | 5,449 | #70 |
| 1992 | 6,051 | #66 |
| 1993 | 6,089 | #62 |
| 1994 | 5,895 | #62 |
| 1995 | 6,090 | #60 |
| 1996 | 5,578 | #65 |
| 1997 | 6,002 | #61 |
| 1998 | 6,084 | #63 |
| 1999 | 6,850 | #57 |
| 2000 | 7,333 | #55 |
| 2001 | 7,259 | #56 |
| 2002 | 7,384 | #56 |
| 2003 | 9,443 | #44 |
| 2004 | 9,983 | #39 |
| 2005 | 10,109 | #39 |
| 2006 | 10,129 | #42 |
| 2007 | 10,295 | #40 |
| 2008 | 9,926 | #38 |
| 2009 | 10,280 | #35 |
| 2010 | 9,732 | #36 |
| 2011 | 8,661 | #40 |
| 2012 | 7,909 | #47 |
| 2013 | 7,119 | #55 |
| 2014 | 6,724 | #58 |
| 2015 | 5,916 | #67 |
| 2016 | 5,612 | #69 |
| 2017 | 4,726 | #85 |
| 2018 | 4,389 | #85 |
| 2019 | 3,964 | #96 |
| 2020 | 3,413 | #105 |
| 2021 | 3,204 | #116 |
| 2022 | 2,842 | #133 |
| 2023 | 2,593 | #137 |
| 2024 | 2,526 | #143 |
