Evans
Masculine · “son of John”
Evans is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 5,371 boys against 117 girls since 1880.
Evans is son of Evan, and Evan is the Welsh of John — so the Hebrew behind it says God is gracious.
How old is the name Evans?
Evans was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Evans alive today was born around 1955, making them about 70 years old. About 3,000 people named Evans are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Evans most popular?
Evans peaked in 1896, reaching #438 nationally. Today it ranks #2077, 1,639 places below that high. See the whole 1896 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Yochanan to Evans
The story of Evans
Wales adopted fixed surnames much later than England, and mostly by freezing a patronymic — which is why Evans, Jones, Williams and Davies cover an enormous share of the Welsh population. Evans is among the commonest surnames in Wales. It entered American given-name use recently and is in current use.
Meaning
son of John
From the Welsh Ifan or Evan, a form of John, from the Hebrew Yochanan, 'the Lord is gracious', with the English patronymic s. Welsh surnames formed late and mostly from given names, which is why so few of them exist for so many people. The chain is documented.
How the name formed
- Yochanan
- Ifan
- Evan
- Evans
Related forms: Ifan · Evan · Ieuan
Pronouncing Evans
EV-unz
Two syllables, stress on the first. Said identically in every English accent.
Nicknames for Evans
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
- 1880
- Most boys named
- 192078 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #438reached in 1896
- Change vs 2022
- 0.0%71 in 2025, from 71
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.
Evans in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Ifan in Welsh — related form
- Evan in English — related form
- Ieuan in Welsh — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Florida, California.
Evanss among us
people named Evans are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 24,057 born in 2025 was named Evans
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
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What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Evans 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 Evans is headed
Evans looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 31% 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.
Evans beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Evans in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That Welsh surnames are almost all frozen patronymics is a first-rate fact.
- Evan is available as a root name with a large record.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- It reads unmistakably as a surname.
- Evan is far commoner as a given name.
- The final s invites constant correction.
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Masculine · #2077 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Evanss are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,000 people named Evans are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Evans in 2025?
- Evans ranks #2077 among US boy names in 2025, with 71 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Evans?
- About 1 in every 24,057 US boys born in 2025 was named Evans — 71 in all.
- Will my child share the name Evans with classmates?
- Evans will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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