# Evans (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/evans/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Welsh |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɛvənz/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Avans |
| US babies named this | 5,488 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,371 / 117 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 58, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 6 | 4,673 |
| 1970 | 5 | 8,370 |
| 2010 | 6 | 15,585 |
| 2013 | 7 | 13,623 |
| 2014 | 6 | 15,191 |
| 2015 | 6 | 15,100 |
| 2016 | 7 | 13,347 |
| 2018 | 6 | 14,368 |
| 2019 | 8 | 11,701 |
| 2020 | 8 | 11,423 |
| 2021 | 8 | 11,441 |
| 2022 | 9 | 10,637 |
| 2023 | 16 | 7,034 |
| 2024 | 5 | 16,046 |
| 2025 | 14 | 7,607 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 36 | 3,129 |
| 2012 | 37 | 3,070 |
| 2013 | 50 | 2,473 |
| 2014 | 39 | 2,948 |
| 2015 | 38 | 3,042 |
| 2016 | 55 | 2,373 |
| 2017 | 47 | 2,648 |
| 2018 | 39 | 3,013 |
| 2019 | 42 | 2,910 |
| 2020 | 47 | 2,669 |
| 2021 | 47 | 2,704 |
| 2022 | 71 | 2,103 |
| 2023 | 65 | 2,198 |
| 2024 | 86 | 1,865 |
| 2025 | 71 | 2,082 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 3 | 3,467 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,095 |
| 2009 | 7 | 2,544 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2,954 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |

## People named Evans

- Richard Evans Schultes, American ethnobotanist (1915-2001)
- Evans Kondogbia, Central African and French footballer
- Robert Evans Snodgrass, American entomologist, scientific collector and illustrator (1875-1962)
- Evans Evans, American actress
- Roger Evans Howe, American mathematician
- Harrison Salisbury, American journalist (1908–1993)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.