How rare is the name Everett?

58,340 people in the United States have the first name Everett, about 1 in 5,177. It ranks #816 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

EVERETT

#816

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
58,340
About
1 in 5,177
This common or more
67%
Who bears it

Of the 58,340 people named Everett, 78% reported their origin as White, 9.4% as Black and 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino. 99% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Everett peaked in 2025, when 4,366 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
4,366
In 2025*
4,366
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 137,101 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Everett by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #137. The largest share of babies named Everett, 35.3%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#2611,374
1890s#2911,902
1900s#2802,597
1910s#22212,813
1920s#25816,582
1930s#32111,019
1940s#4139,326
1950s#5807,296
1960s#6856,121
1970s#9233,659
1980s#1,1093,130
1990s#1,3123,020
2000s#9955,556
2010s#25927,793
2020s#13724,913
Before 19012.6%
Greatest Generation 1901–2721.1%
Silent Generation 1928–4514.3%
Baby boom 1946–6410.4%
Generation X 1965–804.9%
Millennials 1981–963.5%
Generation Z 1997–127.9%
2013 and later35.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Everett is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Everett has been most common in Maine (2.8×), Vermont (2.3×), and Kentucky (1.9×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.56×).

127,086 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Everett, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Everett ranks #910 of 156,621, with 37,752 people. See Everett as a last name

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