Everett

What Everett means

Same root as Everard, meaning “wild boar + hard, brave”

Doublet of Everard || From Old English Eofurheard, Eoferard, from Proto-West Germanic *Eburahardu, from *ebur (“wild boar”) +‎ *hardu (“hard, brave”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Everett” (revision 94539173) and “Everard” (revision 92707665), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Everett?

US: Rising: up from #136 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1511 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 4,287 boys got the name (#77 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 398 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 11,331 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in VT (13.2 per 1,000 boys), AK (8.8 per 1,000 boys), ME (8.06 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Everett is #77 in the US and #1197 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 98.2% of US babies named Everett were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Everette108 US
• Everrett12 US
• Averett8 US
• Everet7 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Everett

Boys

• Oliver#3Editor’s note Up from #19 in 2015 to #3 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 110 US boys in the 2025 records
• Henry#5Editor’s note Up from #29 in 2015 to #5 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 140 US boys in the 2025 records
• Otto#277“wealth, riches”^*
• Emory#883Editor’s note Down from #830 in 2015 to #883 in 2025 in the US
• Milo#119Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #288 in 2015, #119 in 2025
• Emery#814Editor’s note Down from #745 in 2015 to #814 in 2025 in the US

For a sister

• Alice#65“noble + character”^*
• Ada#219“noble”^*
• Zelda#832Editor’s note Down from #648 in 2015 to #832 in 2025 in the US
• Amelia#4“vigor, bravery”^*
• Willa#422Editor’s note Up from #480 in 2015 to #422 in 2025 in the US
• Evelina#778Editor’s note Up from #1,354 in 2015 to #778 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Germanic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Everett’s. Rank is US 2025.