Popularity
The popularity of the name Evan in the United States has risen steadily over the past fifty years, from the 440th-ranked name in 1957 to the 38th-ranked name in 2008.
| Evan's popularity from 1997–2008 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Rank | ||||
| 2008 | 38 | ||||
| 2007 | 40 | ||||
| 2006 | 42 | ||||
| 2005 | 38 | ||||
| 2004 | 39 | ||||
| 2003 | 44 | ||||
| 2002 | 56 | ||||
| 2001 | 56 | ||||
| 2000 | 55 | ||||
| 1999 | 57 | ||||
| 1998 | 63 | ||||
| 1997 | 60 | ||||
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Famous quotes containing the word popularity:
“There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few.”
—Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1845)
“In everything from athletic ability to popularity to looks, brains, and clothes, children rank themselves against others. At this age [7 and 8], children can tell you with amazing accuracy who has the coolest clothes, who tells the biggest lies, who is the best reader, who runs the fastest, and who is the most popular boy in the third grade.”
—Stanley I. Greenspan (20th century)
“The popularity of that baby-faced boy, who possessed not even the elements of a good actor, was a hallucination in the public mind, and a disgrace to our theatrical history.”
—Thomas Campbell (1777–1844)