# Everett (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/everett/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Dutch |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɛvəɹɪt/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 137,101 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 135,900 / 1,201 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 247, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Dutch Everaert or Everardt (late 16th C.), from Middle Dutch Everarde. Doublet of Everard.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | 8,334 |
| 2012 | 21 | 6,187 |
| 2013 | 25 | 5,372 |
| 2014 | 34 | 4,301 |
| 2015 | 45 | 3,496 |
| 2016 | 50 | 3,249 |
| 2017 | 48 | 3,321 |
| 2018 | 66 | 2,620 |
| 2019 | 76 | 2,360 |
| 2020 | 74 | 2,383 |
| 2021 | 84 | 2,217 |
| 2022 | 76 | 2,414 |
| 2023 | 55 | 3,021 |
| 2024 | 67 | 2,618 |
| 2025 | 79 | 2,306 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,343 | 258 |
| 2012 | 1,740 | 214 |
| 2013 | 2,148 | 189 |
| 2014 | 2,538 | 167 |
| 2015 | 3,050 | 136 |
| 2016 | 3,514 | 114 |
| 2017 | 3,781 | 106 |
| 2018 | 4,029 | 95 |
| 2019 | 4,082 | 94 |
| 2020 | 4,013 | 90 |
| 2021 | 4,250 | 83 |
| 2022 | 4,141 | 81 |
| 2023 | 3,826 | 89 |
| 2024 | 3,961 | 85 |
| 2025 | 4,287 | 77 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2015 | 16 | 1,511 |
| 2016 | 17 | 1,498 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,172 |
| 2018 | 20 | 1,284 |
| 2019 | 18 | 1,369 |
| 2020 | 20 | 1,273 |
| 2021 | 26 | 1,078 |
| 2022 | 26 | 1,084 |
| 2023 | 24 | 1,175 |
| 2024 | 20 | 1,322 |
| 2025 | 24 | 1,197 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 埃弗里特
- Dutch: Evert
- Estonian: Evert
- Finnish: Eevertti
- French: Évrard
- German: Eberhard
- Spanish: Eberardo
- Swedish: Evert

## People named Everett

- John Everett Millais, British painter and illustrator (1829–1896)
- Everett McGill, American actor
- Edward Everett Hale, American author, historian and Unitarian minister (1822-1909)
- Edward Everett Horton, American actor (1886–1970)
- Everett Dirksen, American politician (1896–1969)
- Everett Sloane, American actor (1909–1965)
- Everett Shinn, American artist (1876-1953)
- Everett Bradley, American pentathlete
- Everett Rogers, American academic
- Everett Brown, actor (1902-1953)
- Everett Lee, American conductor (1916–2022)
- Ernest Everett Just, American biologist (1883–1941)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.