Even
Boy · EH-ven · Old Norse
Even is a boys' name of Old Norse origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Even mean?
Old Norse: Norwegian form of Eyvindr
A Norwegian form of the Old Norse name Eyvindr, also the source of Eivind.
- Say it
- EH-ven
Is Even a girl's or a boy's name?
Even is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Even in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Even, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2020, with 5 boys.
2025 had more boys named Even than any year since 2020.
In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were given Even or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,523, up from #3,747 for this spelling alone.
- Efan 10
- Even 5
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Even in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
How popular is Even in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Even, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2008, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1917.
2025 had fewer boys named Even than any year since 1998.
Half of all the boys named Even in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Even in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 25 | #3,993 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 28 | #3,741 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 20 | #4,038 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,013 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
Names like Even
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden Finn Eden Ronan Brody Aiden Rowan Caelan Logan Kian Jayden Brayden
Other spellings of Even
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