Given name & surname
Evans
“God is gracious”
Evans is a variant of Evan. In Welsh use, Evan carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Evans is a variant of Evan. In Welsh use, Evan carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Evans through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,488
- 5,371 boys · 117 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 91 babies
- 2025
- 85
- #2,082 for boys · #7,607 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +51%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 71 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,082 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 47.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 14 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (8). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,839 as a first name in 2020; 343,493 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Evans’s family of names
Evans has a related form in Evan. In English usage, Evans as a surname has a related form in EVENS. In English usage, Evans as a surname has a related form in AVANS.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Evans
- Timothy Fosu-MensahDutch association football playerborn 1998
- Evans PaulHaitian politicianborn 1955
- Evans WiseTrinidad and Tobago footballerborn 1973
- Evans KangwaZambian footballerborn 1992
- Evans KondogbiaCentral African and French footballerborn 1989
- Evans Bobie OpokuGhanaian politicianborn 1974
- Evans RuttoKenyan marathon runnerborn 1978
- Evans MensahGhanaian footballer, born 1998
- Evans CarlsonUnited States Marine Corps general (1896–1947)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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