Evana
Feminine · “God is gracious”
Evana is a feminine of Evan — the Welsh John — so the Hebrew behind it says God is gracious.
How old is the name Evana?
Evana first appears in US birth records in 1918 — 107 years ago. The typical Evana is a kid of about 8 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,200 people named Evana are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Evana most popular?
Evana peaked in 2024, reaching #1925 nationally. Today it ranks #2214, 289 places below that high. See the whole 2024 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Yochanan to Evana
Our story of Evana
Our story of Evana is a story of two Hebrew names meeting in one modern form. Welsh Ifan is John, from Yochanan — the Lord is gracious — and Evan is its English shape. Eva is Chavah, the first woman, whose name means life. Evana could be a feminine of one or a lengthening of the other, and American records from the 2000s do not distinguish. Both parents are genuine; the child is modern.
Meaningscholars disagree
God is gracious
Likely a feminine of Evan, from the Welsh Ifan, a form of John, from the Hebrew Yochanan, 'the Lord is gracious'. It may alternatively be a modern extension of Eva, from the Hebrew Chavah, 'life'. Both routes are plausible and neither is established.
How the name formed
- Yochanan
- Evan
- Evana
Related forms: Evanna · Ifan · Eva
Pronouncing Evana
eh-VAH-nuh
Three syllables, stress in the middle. Some bearers say ee-VAN-uh instead.
Nicknames for Evana
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1918
- Most girls named
- 2024103 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1925reached in 2024
- Change vs 2024
- −19.4%83 in 2025, from 103
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Evana in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Evanna in English — spelling variant
- Ifan in Welsh — related form
- Eva in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Virginia, California.
Evanas among us
people named Evana are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 19,365 born in 2025 was named Evana
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Evana
- #2214
- Evana on the 2025 chart
- #814
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Evana went to 83 girls in 2025, but Evanna is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 146, which makes it the 814th most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,400 places above the chart.
- Evana83
- Evanna63
About 1 girl in 11,009 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 19,365 for Evana itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Barri test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Evana's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Barri climbed just as high around 1960, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Barri's path sketches the road Evana is walking now.
Evana sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Evana is headed
Evana looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 27% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Evana beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Evana in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Eva and Ana are two short forms, both with large records.
- Both candidate origins have transparent Hebrew meanings.
- Three syllables of open vowels, which carries unusually well.
- The origin is genuinely split between two routes.
- The pronunciation splits between two readings.
- Evanna and Evana are both in circulation.
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Frequently asked
- How many Evanas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,200 people named Evana are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Evana?
- Evana is the most-used spelling in US records — 83 of the 146 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Evanna.
- How popular is the name Evana in 2025?
- Evana ranks #2214 among US girl names in 2025, with 83 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Evana?
- About 1 in every 19,365 US girls born in 2025 was named Evana — 83 in all.
- Will my child share the name Evana with classmates?
- Evana will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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