Everest
Everest was the 796th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 315 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 701 places. More babies were named Everest in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning Mount Everest; surname from Évreux · English, French
Say it EV-er-ist /ˈɛvəɹɪst/
- Rank in 2025
- #796 boys, up 190 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 315boys
- Girls and boys
- 26% girls, 74% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2025315 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,986babies recorded
What does the name Everest mean?
Everest is a word name from the world's highest mountain, which the British named in 1865 after Sir George Everest, a former Surveyor General of India. The surname Everest, Wiktionary notes, may come from Norman French Devereux 'from Évreux', a town in Normandy. Locally the mountain is called Chomolungma in Tibetan and Sagarmatha in Nepali. As a given name it suggests height and achievement.
Devereux (Norman French, “from Évreux (proposed)”)
How sure is this? Probable. The mountain's naming is documented; the surname's origin is only probable.
See also: English names, names that mean meadow, hill or valley, names from places.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Everest', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (our computation), SSA (public domain)
Everest popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,053 | #796 | 92 | 315 |
| 2020 | #2,120 | #986 | 86 | 216 |
| 2010 | #17,874 | #4,149 | 5 | 24 |
| 2000 | — | #3,967 | — | 20 |
| 1990 | — | #6,016 | — | 8 |
| 1980 | — | — | — | — |
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How popular is Everest, counting every spelling?
Everest has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #778 for boys in 2025, against #796 on the official list.
How many kids will share the name Everest?
315 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Everest (0.09 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Everest born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 27 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Everest.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Everest?
About 3,000 people born in the US named Everest are alive today, with a median age of 6; half are between 3 and 10. That makes Everest a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Everest by state
How common Everest was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Utah (3.3×), Oklahoma (2.8×), Colorado (2.2×), Washington (2.0×), Wisconsin (1.8×). In 17 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Everest: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Everest, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Everest · Sibling names for Everest
Questions about the name Everest
What does Everest mean?
Everest means “Mount Everest; surname from Évreux” (English, French origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Everest?
Everest was the 796th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 315 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 701 places. More babies were named Everest in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Everest a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 26% girls, 74% boys given the name Everest in the US.
Where is Everest most popular?
In 2021–2025, Everest was most common in Utah (0.55 per 1,000 boys), followed by Oklahoma and North Dakota.