Everly
Everly was the 91st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 2,695 babies. Its best year was 2019, when it ranked 42nd with 4,782 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 47 places. More babies were named Everly 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
- #91 girls, down 48 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 2,695girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 20194,782 babies
- Total since 1880
- 43,412babies recorded
What does the name Everly mean?
Everly is an English surname taken from the Wiltshire village of Everleigh. The place name joins Old English eofor, 'wild boar', with leah, 'woodland clearing', so it described a clearing where boars were found. Wikipedia describes the girl's name as a transfer of the place name and surname, and notes its fast rise in the US in the 2010s. Spellings such as Everleigh and Everlee are also used.
eofor (Old English, “wild boar”)lēah (Old English, “woodland clearing”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Everleigh, Everlee, Everley, Ever.
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 'Everly', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
- Wiktionary, entry 'Everleigh', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
- Wikipedia, 'Everly (given name)', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
Nicknames for Everly
The usual nicknames for Everly are Evie. Some parents skip the long form: for every 100 girls named Everly in the last five years, 33 were named Evie, against 1317 twenty years earlier.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Girls, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evie · also for Evelina, Evelyn, Eva | Modern | #270 | 5,688 |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are girls given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Everlys go by each one.
Everly popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 38 since 2014.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #91 | 2,695 |
| 2020 | #43 | 4,630 |
| 2010 | #1,437 | 159 |
| 2000 | #9,394 | 10 |
| 1990 | — | — |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Everly, counting every spelling?
Everly is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #84 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #91 for Everly on its own. Together these spellings went to 3,529 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Everly | 2,695 | #91 | 17,192 |
| Everlee | 554 | #545 | 3,695 |
| Everley | 181 | #1,246 | 956 |
| Everlie | 66 | #2,625 | 379 |
| Everli | 26 | #5,018 | 219 |
| Everlea | 7 | #12,311 | 70 |
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 Everly?
2,695 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Everly (0.75 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Everly 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 3 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Everly.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Everly?
About 43,100 people born in the US named Everly are alive today, with a median age of 6; half are between 4 and 9. That makes Everly 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.
Everly by state
How common Everly was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Wyoming (4.1×), Alaska (3.3×), North Dakota (2.7×), South Dakota (2.7×), Montana (2.3×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in New York, Maryland, New Jersey.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Everly: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Everly, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Everly · Sibling names for Everly
Questions about the name Everly
What does Everly mean?
Everly means “wild-boar clearing (place name)” (Old English origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Everly?
Everly was the 91st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 2,695 babies. Its best year was 2019, when it ranked 42nd with 4,782 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 47 places. More babies were named Everly in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Everly a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Everly in the US.
Where is Everly most popular?
In 2021–2025, Everly was most common in Wyoming (8.68 per 1,000 girls), followed by Alaska and North Dakota.