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Ever

#1,196 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Ever has been given to 7,375 babies in the U.S. since 1916. In 2025 it ranked #1,196 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 205 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 61% boys, 39% girls all-time.

Babies named Ever, 2025

1 in 19,600

Ever over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Ever over time

In 2025, Ever went to 44% girls and 56% boys.

18882025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Ever: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ever means

Ever is a given name.

The naming story behind Ever

Wikidata records Ever as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q21401291, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,463 boys were recorded with the name Ever between 1916 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 205 in 2023; its best national rank was #1,063 in 2023.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,217 in 2020 to #1,196 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,234 in 2015 to #1,196 in 2025.

In the United States, 2,912 girls were recorded with the name Ever between 1888 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 131 in 2025; its best national rank was #918 in 1893.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,982 in 2020 to #1,599 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,855 in 2015 to #1,599 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Ever?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 19,600
169 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 10,100
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,196
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
13,598 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ever sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5003%

Put another way: gather 13,598 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ever. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Evers were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ever was born before 2011 — so the typical Ever is around 14 today.

Median birth year
2011
About 14 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
29.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
81.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
4,453
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 29.8% of all recorded uses (1,332).

Is Ever rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−124
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+21
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+38
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.14×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
82.4%
Peak was 2023 (205)
Years since peak
2
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
10.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,063
2023

Spellings of Ever

Ever is not the most common spelling — Peter is, with 44.7% against Ever's 0.34%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Ever is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Ever was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 5,882 boys, against 1 in 10,094 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in 100,000).

117 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 5,882
  2. 2Virginia1 in 6,667
  3. 3California1 in 7,143
  4. 4Maryland1 in 7,692
  5. 5New York1 in 8,333
  6. 6Colorado1 in 10,000
  7. 7Florida1 in 10,000
  8. 8North Carolina1 in 10,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Ever is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Ever was most concentrated in Oklahoma — about 1 in 9,091 girls, against 1 in 17,522 across all states with data. It was least common in Ohio (1 in 100,000).

111 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Oklahoma1 in 9,091
  2. 2California1 in 11,111
  3. 3Georgia1 in 12,500
  4. 4Nevada1 in 14,286
  5. 5Texas1 in 14,286
  6. 6Florida1 in 16,667
  7. 7North Carolina1 in 16,667
  8. 8Utah1 in 16,667

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Ever around the world

Where Ever ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2016–2022
    #4,790
    in 2022
  • France
    2020–2025
    #5,724
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2009–2024
    #2,855
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Ever

People whose public names include Ever, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Ever by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,196
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 21
Best rank ever
#1,063
2023
Peak year
2023
205 that year
First recorded
1916
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,463
Count in 2025
169

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,599
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 383
Best rank ever
#918
1893
Peak year
2025
131 that year
First recorded
1888
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,912
Count in 2025
131

Names similar to Ever

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

EvertEvenIverEvelynEverestCarverTreverEverardoEveretEvelioRyverEveretteEversonXaiverRiverDenverEverttEvertonGroverElverSilverEverhettEvensKarver

Names with a curve like Ever

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Ever, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Ever

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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