Everette
Everette was the 1575th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 108 babies. Its best year was 1919, when it ranked 399th with 211 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 578 places. More babies were named Everette in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Everett) boar-strong (from Everard) · Germanic, Dutch, English
- Rank in 2025
- #1,575 boys, up 325 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 108boys
- Girls and boys
- 26% girls, 74% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1919211 babies
- Total since 1880
- 11,584babies recorded
What does the name Everette mean?
Everette is a spelling of Everett, pronounced the same way, so it shares Everett's meaning and origin.
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
Everette popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,667 | #1,575 | 41 | 108 |
| 2020 | #3,462 | #1,900 | 44 | 78 |
| 2010 | #17,875 | #3,035 | 5 | 38 |
| 2000 | — | #2,308 | — | 42 |
| 1990 | — | #1,549 | — | 54 |
| 1980 | — | #1,138 | — | 64 |
| 1970 | — | #847 | — | 91 |
| 1960 | — | #777 | — | 96 |
| 1950 | — | #614 | — | 125 |
| 1940 | — | #526 | — | 123 |
| 1930 | — | #517 | — | 134 |
| 1920 | — | #475 | — | 164 |
| 1910 | — | #475 | — | 34 |
| 1900 | — | #634 | — | 16 |
| 1890 | — | #834 | — | 7 |
| 1880 | — | #958 | — | 5 |
How popular is Everette, counting every spelling?
Everette is a spelling of Everett, a name family that ranked #82 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,575 for Everette 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 Everette?
108 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Everette (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Everette 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 78 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Everette.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Everette?
About 5,300 people born in the US named Everette are alive today, with a median age of 50; half are between 18 and 67. That makes Everette mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. 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.
Everette by state
How common Everette was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in North Carolina (3.8×), Virginia (1.7×). In 31 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 Everette: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Everette, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Everette
What does Everette mean?
Everette is a spelling of Everett, which means “boar-strong (from Everard)” (Germanic, Dutch, English origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Everette?
Everette was the 1575th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 108 babies. Its best year was 1919, when it ranked 399th with 211 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 578 places. More babies were named Everette in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Everette a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 26% girls, 74% boys given the name Everette in the US.
Where is Everette most popular?
In 2021–2025, Everette was most common in North Carolina (0.24 per 1,000 boys), followed by Virginia and Louisiana.