Evan

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Evan: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Evan: Recorded every year since 1969, it reached #23 in 2007, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
141times a registrar ranked it
57years from first to last
#23highest recorded position
27groupings it qualifies for
8names it appears alongside

What stands out in Evan's record

Ranked every year since 1969, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 36 years running. Names by top-100 run
Shares a published list with another name across 57 years. Longest shared records

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2096
1997	#3174
1998	#2407
1999	#2770
2001	#3998
2002	#4137
2006	#3548
2007	#3218
2008	#3860
2011	#5785
2012	#3681
2013	#4739
2014	#4684
2016	#4096
2017	#3583
2018	#3518
2019	#4686
2020	#3899
2023	#4709
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in every year from 1969 to 2025.

In 2025: #80 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #350 among boys in Norway.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1969–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1969
First recorded at #291 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1969 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1969–2025
Highest recorded position: #23 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2007 (recorded 1969–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #350 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Evan appears in 6 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 57 years beginning in 1969, and has registered 7,796 births with the name.

Evan across 6 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Evan's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#291 (1969)	#23 (2007)	#80 (2025)	57 of 57	7,796 (1969–2025)	364 (2006)
England and Wales · Boys	#192 (1996)	#70 (2009)	#178 (2024)	29 of 29	14,535 (1996–2024)	973 (2009)
England and Wales · Girls	#2096 (1996)	#2096 (1996)	#5891 (2024)	20 of 29	94 (1996–2024)	7 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#153 (1997)	#79 (2010)	#125 (2024)	28 of 28	584 (1997–2024)	43 (2010)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#72 (1984)	#72 (1984)	#93 (1987)	3 of 4	276 (1984–1987)	110 (1984)
Norway · Boys	#426 (2023)	#350 (2025)	#350 (2025)	3 of 3	22 (2023–2025)	9 (2025)

Evan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Evan in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	3	1 of 10	3
1970s	138	10 of 10	14
1980s	280	10 of 10	28
1990s	1,467	10 of 10	147
2000sbusiest	3,081	10 of 10	308
2010s	2,202	10 of 10	220
2020s	625	6 of 10	104

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 308 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2012 and 2013, when recorded births fell by 64, from 278 to 214.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Evan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1969 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #23 in Republic of Ireland in 2007.

Evan's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#178	282	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#169	307	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#167	305	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#158	343	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#139	397	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#150	376	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#138	415	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#125	467	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#121	509	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#113	554	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#102	596	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#83	723	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#86	744	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#82	770	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#76	892	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#70	973	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#80	890	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#81	857	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#85	813	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#97	607	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#99	562	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#114	451	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#129	341	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#130	330	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#152	240	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#151	233	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2407	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#167	200	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#175	189	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2096	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#192	169	High	Verified
1987	New South Wales, Australia	male	#93	80	Insufficient	Not yet available
1985	New South Wales, Australia	male	#82	86	Insufficient	Not yet available
1984	New South Wales, Australia	male	#72	110	Insufficient	Not yet available
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#125	17	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#181	12	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#156	14	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#176	13	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#169	13	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#146	17	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#195	11	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#165	15	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#125	24	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#117	26	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#132	22	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#103	29	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#82	41	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#108	28	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#79	43	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#93	34	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#105	31	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#111	28	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#120	22	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#93	31	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#95	29	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#115	20	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#133	16	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#162	10	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#147	11	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#168	9	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#190	7	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#153	11	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#350	9	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#396	7	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#426	6	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#80	76	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#63	90	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#58	104	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#54	116	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#58	116	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#49	123	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#56	121	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#44	163	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#45	167	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#34	216	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#35	207	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#32	224	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#34	214	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#29	278	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#27	298	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#27	314	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#24	333	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#25	317	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#23	360	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#25	364	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#25	324	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#25	337	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#26	303	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#29	245	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#30	248	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#27	250	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#34	208	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#32	188	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#44	197	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#38	222	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#41	184	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#56	131	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#66	104	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#71	95	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#72	84	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#98	54	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#112	42	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#133	30	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#125	34	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#135	29	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#122	35	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#137	26	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#140	27	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#147	23	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#206	10	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#142	24	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#166	17	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#150	22	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#166	18	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#167	18	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#186	14	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#182	15	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#215	9	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#186	12	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#217	8	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	5	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#291	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#181	24	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1969 and 2025, ranked in 57 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #23, first reached in 2007.

It held a top-100 place in 39 years, 36 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 973 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1984, and 55 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Evaldas · #320, 20y
Evalyn · #541, 22y
Evana · #407, 21y
Evanas · #443, 15y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Jeremy · #24, 61y
Hamish · #25, 61y
Lara · #25, 58y
Maeve · #25, 62y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Ciaran · #23, 62y
Zara · #23, 51y
Conan · #24, 54y
Jeremy · #24, 61y

Comparisons involving Evan

Existing comparison pages where Evan and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Evan in the same published list across at least 25 years.

George vs Evan
Over 57 shared years in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Evan rose about as far as George fell — from #72 and #291 in 1969 to #112 and #80 in 2025.
George · Evan · 57 shared years, 1969–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking
Jason vs Evan
Over 57 shared years in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Evan rose about as far as Jason fell — from #88 and #291 in 1969 to #135 and #80 in 2025.
Jason · Evan · 57 shared years, 1969–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking
Evan vs Marcus
Over 57 shared years in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Evan rose about as far as Marcus fell — from #291 and #154 in 1969 to #80 and #232 in 2025.
Evan · Marcus · 57 shared years, 1969–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking

Compared inside Republic of Ireland lists

Pairs involving Evan measured in Republic of Ireland's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Evan at its highest position.

Ronan vs Evan
Over 57 shared years in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Evan rose about as far as Ronan fell — from #47 and #291 in 1969 to #86 and #80 in 2025.
Ronan · Evan · 57 shared years, 1969–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking
Evan vs Ross
Over 57 shared years in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Evan rose about as far as Ross fell — from #291 and #216 in 1969 to #80 and #329 in 2025.
Evan · Ross · 57 shared years, 1969–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking
Samuel vs Evan
Samuel and Evan changed places 16 times in Republic of Ireland · Boys between 1969 and 2025, ending at #76 and #80.
Samuel · Evan · 57 shared years, 1969–2025 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking

Republic of Ireland overview→

Evan was ranked #23 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2007. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Evan and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Evan without appearing here.

Evan moved ahead of

Vicki Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4137 and #3409 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3681 and #5876.
Kristy Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4684 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #5666.
George Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4137 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #3860 and #5545.
Carol Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4096 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #3583 and #4763.

Moved ahead of Evan

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4739 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #1628.
Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3218 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2893.
Eabha Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3548 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2893.
Shea Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #3015.

Moved the opposite way to Evan

Adrian Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Evan went from #291 to #80 while Adrian went from #48 to #348.
Alan Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Evan went from #291 to #80 while Alan went from #15 to #232.
Alfred Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Evan went from #291 to #80 while Alfred went from #163 to #286.
Andrew Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Evan went from #291 to #80 while Andrew went from #36 to #106.

Moved the same way as Evan

Aaron Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Evan went from #291 to #80 and Aaron from #174 to #71.
Adam Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Evan went from #291 to #80 and Adam from #196 to #20.
Alexander Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Evan went from #291 to #80 and Alexander from #135 to #55.
Arthur Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Evan went from #291 to #80 and Arthur from #115 to #57.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1969 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #23 in Republic of Ireland in 2007. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Evan

Evan at a glance

What stands out in Evan's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Evan across 6 official records

Evan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Evan appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Comparisons involving Evan

Longest shared records

Compared inside Republic of Ireland lists

Names published alongside Evan

Evan and the names beside it

Evan moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Evan

Moved the opposite way to Evan

Moved the same way as Evan

Evan at a glance

What stands out in Evan's record

Evan across 6 official records

Evan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Evan appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Comparisons involving Evan

Longest shared records

Compared inside Republic of Ireland lists

Names published alongside Evan

Evan and the names beside it

Evan moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Evan

Moved the opposite way to Evan

Moved the same way as Evan