boys:
3.5k births since 1888
#2123 (54th percentile)
overall:
3.5k births since 1888
#4642 (40th percentile)
The name Evander is the #4,642 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,475 recorded births since 1888. This represents the 40.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 40.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,123 (53.7% percentile) for all time with 3,475 births since 1888.
Evander first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1888 (first recorded for boys in 1888). Birth data for Evander is available in 96 out of the 136 years between 1888 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Evander reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 33.4% percentile (ranked #620) with 176 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 176 births per million (ranked 33.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2004, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Evander is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #609 (33.2% percentile) with 176 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Evander".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Evander. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 35.7% confident that Evander is pronounced as ee-VAN-der, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ih-VAN-der, at 23.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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