first name
EVANS
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,839 people named Evans, 52.5% reported their origin as Black, 30% as White and 9.8% as Hispanic or Latino. 92.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Evans peaked in 2024, when 91 babies got the name.
At least 5,488 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Evans by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #1,367. The largest share of babies named Evans, 21.7%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Evans is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Evans has been most common in South Carolina (8.7×), Louisiana (7.8×), and Florida (4.8×), and least common in California (0.4×).
1,443 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Exactly as common as Evans
2 other first names also have 3,839 people.
Either side of Evans
Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Evans, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Evans ranks #54 of 156,621, with 343,493 people. See Evans as a last name
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