Everett — #85 US boys' name
131,595 babies named Everett in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99.4% of names given to boys today.
21% of everyone ever named Everett was born in this single decade.
4,250 babies were named Everett in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Everett
The Social Security Administration has registered 131,595 babies named Everett between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Everett currently holds the #85 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 4,250 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Everett performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 27,401 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Everett shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 8,411 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Everett in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Everett in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 131,595 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Everett at a glance
Top 100 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Everett popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (2021)
- 4,250
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #85 among boys.
131,595 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 4,250 births in a single year.
Everett popularity over time — girls
1,122 total births recorded since 1913 (Everett as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Everett accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Everett by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 27,401 births that decade — 21% of Everett's all-time total
Everett decade highlights
- Peak decade 27,401 births
- Runner-up 20,175 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Everett's strongest decade
27,401 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
Everett by state
Where Everett concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 8,411 | 6.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 7,499 | 5.7% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 6,503 | 4.9% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 5,771 | 4.4% |
| #5 | New York | | 5,524 | 4.2% |
| #6 | Missouri | | 4,586 | 3.5% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 4,408 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Kentucky | | 4,185 | 3.2% |
8,411 of 131,595 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 6.4% of nationwide
- Texas 5.7% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.9% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.4% of nationwide
- New York 4.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Everett appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.