NameTides

Evan

Evan was the #153 boys' name in the US in 2025 (2,412 babies), and #195 in England & Wales and #96 in Canada.

Evan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Evan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandCanadaScotlandUSNorthern IrelandEngland & Wales
Evan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#153 (2,412)#195 (261)#128 (36)#237 (8)#80 (76)#96 (324)——
2024#143 (2,535)#178 (282)#181 (24)#125 (17)#63 (90)#83 (348)——
2023#137 (2,597)#169 (307)#148 (32)#181 (12)#58 (104)#71 (375)——
2022#133 (2,845)#167 (305)#126 (44)#156 (14)#54 (116)#64 (438)——
2021#116 (3,207)#158 (343)#127 (43)#176 (13)#58 (116)#52 (519)——
2020#105 (3,418)#139 (397)#122 (46)#169 (13)#49 (123)#58 (492)——
2019#96 (3,964)#150 (376)#108 (53)#146 (17)#56 (121)#51 (561)——
2018#85 (4,392)#138 (415)#126 (48)#195 (11)#44 (163)#48 (602)——
2017#85 (4,727)#125 (467)#108 (59)#165 (15)#45 (167)#47 (632)——
2016#69 (5,613)#121 (509)#130 (47)#125 (24)#34 (216)#45 (675)——
2015#67 (5,916)#113 (554)#91 (72)#117 (26)#35 (207)#42 (741)——
2014#58 (6,725)#102 (596)#80 (87)#132 (22)#32 (224)#37 (803)—#91 (71)
2013#55 (7,120)#83 (723)#96 (67)#103 (29)#34 (214)#31 (884)——
2012#47 (7,912)#86 (744)#77 (93)#82 (41)#29 (278)#28 (938)——
2011#40 (8,661)#82 (770)#85 (82)#108 (28)#27 (298)#29 (917)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2009 at #35.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 710 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 710common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 550common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 310common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 490common

Next year

On its recent trend, Evan is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 770 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 720 to 1 in 820.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Evan by state, 2025Alaska: #110AKMaine: #172MEWisconsin: #186WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #230NHWashington: #125WAIdaho: #173IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #226NDMinnesota: #149MNIllinois: #125ILMichigan: #178MINew York: #120NYMassachusetts: #126MAOregon: #154ORNevada: #148NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #232IAIndiana: #203INOhio: #178OHPennsylvania: #156PANew Jersey: #117NJConnecticut: #141CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #91CAUtah: #158UTColorado: #172CONebraska: #432NEMissouri: #252MOKentucky: #221KYWest Virginia: #299WVVirginia: #210VAMaryland: #108MDDelaware: #203DEArizona: #157AZNew Mexico: #161NMKansas: #230KSArkansas: #232ARTennessee: #194TNNorth Carolina: #193NCSouth Carolina: #212SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #232OKLouisiana: #239LAMississippi: #281MSAlabama: #260ALGeorgia: #223GAHawaii: #180HITexas: #134TXFlorida: #138FL
Evan (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#8286
Ontario2024#84142

Evan (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
EvanCanadaGirls—too few
EvanCanadaBoys#96324
EvanEngland & WalesGirls—too few
EvanEngland & WalesBoys#195261
EvanIrelandBoys#8076
EvanNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
EvanNorthern IrelandBoys#2378
EvanNSWBoys—too few
EvanScotlandGirls—too few
EvanScotlandBoys#12836
EvanUSGirls#3,16750
EvanUSBoys#1532,412
EvanVICBoys—too few