Everleigh
Everleigh was the 194th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 1,615 babies. Its best year was 2020, when it ranked 94th with 2,827 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 415 places. More babies were named Everleigh in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning wild-boar clearing (place name) · Old English
Say it EV-er-lee /ˈɛvərli/
- Rank in 2025
- #194 girls, down 100 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 1,615girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 20202,827 babies
- Total since 1880
- 20,929babies recorded
What does the name Everleigh mean?
Everleigh is the name of a village in Wiltshire, England, and of the surname that came from it. Wiktionary derives it from Old English eofor, 'wild boar', and leah, 'woodland clearing', so it described a clearing where boars were found. As a girl's name it is a recent American transfer, closely tied to the spelling Everly; the -leigh ending is a fashionable form of -ley.
eofor (Old English, “wild boar”)lēah (Old English, “woodland clearing”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Everly, Everlee, Everley.
See also: English names, names that mean meadow, hill or valley, names that mean an animal, names from places.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Everleigh', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
- Wikipedia, 'Everleigh', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
Nicknames for Everleigh
The usual nicknames for Everleigh are Evie. Some parents skip the long form: for every 100 girls named Everleigh in the last five years, 53 were named Evie.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Girls, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evie · also for Evelina, Evelyn, Everly | Modern | #270 | 5,688 |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are girls given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Everleighs go by each one.
Everleigh popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 5 since 2023.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #194 | 1,615 |
| 2020 | #94 | 2,827 |
| 2010 | #1,278 | 186 |
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How popular is Everleigh, counting every spelling?
Everleigh has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #215 for girls in 2025, against #194 on the official list, because Kaylee/Kaeli/Keily and Maisie/Maisy/Mazie and Jasmine/Jazmin/Jazmine move ahead once their spellings are combined.
How many kids will share the name Everleigh?
1,615 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Everleigh (0.45 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Everleigh 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 5 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Everleigh.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Everleigh?
About 20,800 people born in the US named Everleigh are alive today, with a median age of 5; half are between 3 and 7. That makes Everleigh 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.
Everleigh by state
How common Everleigh was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in West Virginia (5.4×), Kentucky (3.4×), Arkansas (3.1×), New Hampshire (2.9×), South Dakota (2.8×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in California, New Jersey, Utah.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Everleigh: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Everleigh, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Everleigh · Sibling names for Everleigh
Questions about the name Everleigh
What does Everleigh mean?
Everleigh means “wild-boar clearing (place name)” (Old English origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Everleigh?
Everleigh was the 194th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 1,615 babies. Its best year was 2020, when it ranked 94th with 2,827 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 415 places. More babies were named Everleigh in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Everleigh a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Everleigh in the US.
Where is Everleigh most popular?
In 2021–2025, Everleigh was most common in West Virginia (7.17 per 1,000 girls), followed by Kentucky and Arkansas.