Everett

Meaning: Brave boar
Origin: Variant of Everard · Germanic eber 'boar' + hard 'hardy' (from Germanic (Eberhard: Eber 'boar' + hart 'hard, strong'))

Boy's name · #77 in the US (2025) · Comeback

98% boys · 2% girls — Everett is also given to girls: 79 in 2025, about 1 in 60 in recent years. Everett →

Popularity over time

Everett was #81 in 1906, slipped to #649 by 1995, and reached #77 in 2025 — its highest rank ever. Roughly 136,000 boys have been named Everett since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#1,204 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,447 in Sweden (2025) · #98 in Canada (2024).

Famous Everetts

Everett McGill — American actor
Everett Dirksen — American politician (1896–1969)
Everett Sloane — American actor (1909–1965)
Everett Shinn — American artist (1876–1953)
Everett Bradley — American pentathlete

In stories & tradition

Everett K. Ross — Marvel Comics
Everett Young — Stargate Universe (TV series)
Everett Ducklair^it — PKNA (comics)

What Everetts become

Among 297 notable people named Everett:

Political leaders appear 1.48× more often than among typical names — e.g. Everett Dirksen, American politician (1896–1969).

Similar names: Weston · Everest · Emmett · Barrett · Rhett · Waylon

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