Evan

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% 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 1974 and has been recorded in 41 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2014 with 82 babies (rank #163 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. 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.

847
Total babies (all years)
41
Years in the data
82
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
19741#1,055
19753#933
19763#931
19774#838
19784#851
19792#1,047
19802#1,049
19812#1,052
19826#777
19835#819
19845#842
19855#843
19864#938
19879#694
19889#710
19899#723
19904#977
19918#779
19927#802
19937#825
199418#579
199517#581
199616#611
199719#569
199822#539
199921#552
200022#540
200132#437
200228#458
200317#594
200429#442
200525#467
200636#369
200732#395
200846#313
200950#290
201057#250
201155#251
201243#292
201381#169
201482#163