Everett
Everett was the 77th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 4,287 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 59 places. More babies were named Everett in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning boar-strong (from Everard) · Germanic, Dutch, English
Say it EV-er-it /ˈɛvərɪt/
- Rank in 2025
- #77 boys, up 13 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 4,287boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 20254,287 babies
- Total since 1880
- 137,101babies recorded
What does the name Everett mean?
Everett is a surname that goes back to the Germanic personal name Everard. DMNES derives Everard from Old High German ebur, 'wild boar', and hart, 'hard, strong'; the Normans brought it to England, where DMNES finds Latin forms from 1189. Wiktionary traces Everett to Dutch and Middle Dutch forms such as Everaert. From the surname it came back into use as a first name, especially in the United States.
ebur (Old High German, “wild boar”)hart (Old High German, “hard, strong”)
How sure is this? Probable.
Related names: Everard, Everet, Evert, Eberhard, Rhett.
See also: Germanic names, names that mean strength, names that mean an animal.
Sources for this meaning
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Everard', Durham University / The DMNES Editors
- Wiktionary, entry 'Everett', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
Nicknames for Everett
The usual nicknames for Everett are Rhett and Ev. Some parents skip the long form: for every 100 boys named Everett in the last five years, 55 were named Rhett, against 70 twenty years earlier.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Boys, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhett · also for Garrett | Modern | #188 | 11,302 |
| Ev · also for Evelyn | Modern | — | — |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are boys given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Everetts go by each one.
Everett popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 1,201 since 1913, 79 in 2025.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #77 | 4,287 |
| 2020 | #90 | 4,013 |
| 2010 | #287 | 1,179 |
| 2000 | #587 | 340 |
| 1990 | #556 | 331 |
| 1980 | #459 | 336 |
| 1970 | #381 | 453 |
| 1960 | #312 | 630 |
| 1950 | #245 | 749 |
| 1940 | #168 | 927 |
| 1930 | #134 | 1,326 |
| 1920 | #95 | 1,827 |
| 1910 | #88 | 382 |
| 1900 | #100 | 237 |
| 1890 | #102 | 163 |
| 1880 | #120 | 110 |
How popular is Everett, counting every spelling?
Everett is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #82 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #77 for Everett on its own. Together these spellings went to 4,414 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Everett | 4,287 | #77 | 20,465 |
| Everette | 108 | #1,575 | 557 |
| Everitt | — | — | 84 |
| Everet | 7 | #10,008 | 54 |
| Everrett | 12 | #6,917 | 51 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Everett?
4,287 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Everett (1.19 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Everett born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is about 1 in 45. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 2 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Everett.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Everett?
About 81,000 people born in the US named Everett are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 5 and 40. That makes Everett a young name: most people with it are children. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
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.
Everett by state
How common Everett was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Vermont (4.8×), Wyoming (3.9×), Maine (3.3×), North Dakota (3.0×), Alaska (3.0×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in California, New Jersey, New York.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Everett: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Everett, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Everett · Sibling names for Everett
Questions about the name Everett
What does Everett mean?
Everett means “boar-strong (from Everard)” (Germanic, Dutch, English origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Everett?
Everett was the 77th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 4,287 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 59 places. More babies were named Everett in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Everett a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Everett in the US.
Where is Everett most popular?
In 2021–2025, Everett was most common in Vermont (11.46 per 1,000 boys), followed by Wyoming and Maine.