Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Evans

Gender

Male

Origin

Greek
Young warrior, Well-born
English
Surname; God is good

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Surname

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Evans

Pronunciation

e-va-ns

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2024 (rank #1872, 85 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2077, 71 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #6915, 16 births); most recent 2025 (rank #7491, 14 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
20257114
2024855
20236516
2022719
2021478
2020478
2019428
2018396
201747–
2016557

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2009 (rank #2546, 7 births); most recent 2024 (rank #3249, 6 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
2025–
20246
20234
2022–
20214
2020–
20194
2018–
2017–
20163

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2007 (rank #660, 64 births); most recent 2023 (rank #2092, 12 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
202312
20229
202117
202014
201921
201829
201728
201630
201521
201428

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence