Ever

#1,592 for girls in 2025, 131 births · #1,196 for boys in 2025, 169 births
Given to boys 60.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
2023 · 205 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,463
since 1916

Ever over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201993peak #901, 1893girlsboysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,592131#1,196169
2024#1,719118#1,072203
2023#1,645126#1,061205
2022#1,692123#1,171174
2021#1,768115#1,182166
2020#1,97795#1,215155
2019#1,875107#1,193160
2018#1,97899#1,458119
2017#2,20086#1,360131
2016#2,22186#1,329134
2015#1,850111#1,231148
2014#1,804113#1,272140
2013#1,824111#1,387121
2012#2,11590#1,336127
2011#2,02696#1,271135
2010#2,02898#1,415117
2009#2,64369#1,226146
2008#4,00639#1,070175
2007#7,39417#1,149155
2006#5,08627#1,144148
2005#10,12810#1,112148
2004#5,37723#1,206126
2003#5,23523#1,233117
2002#6,69816#1,35797
2001#11,0208#1,287102
2000#11,8017#1,50480
1999#9,4799#1,58069
1998#11,1387#1,74158
1997#1,57165
1996#11,8076#1,70555
1995#1,75850
1994#1,66454
1993#9,5598#1,63854
1992#1,67751
1991#1,72547
1990#1,90940
1989#1,91938
1988#2,43724
1987#2,40023
1986#10,9125#3,00516
1985#2,42721
1984#2,95615
1983#10,2755#3,63011
1982#3,69211
1981#6,2625
1980#4,1349
1979#9,0106#3,35712
1978#5,7725
1977#5,8455
1976#4,9356
1975
1974
1973
1972#4,9865
1971#7,3886
1970
1969
1968
1967
1966
1965
1964
1963
1962
1961#5,8516
1960
1959
1958
1957#4,2029
1956#5,9525#3,5356
1955#3,22513
1954
1953#5,6735
1952#4,9086
1951#4,0118
1950#4,3157
1949#3,8928
1948#2,70114
1947#2,63715
1946#2,59714
1945#2,91610
1944#2,62512
1943#2,44714
1942#1,76023#3,5605
1941#1,61024
1940#3,8636
1939#2,30013
1938#3,1818
1937#1,28232
1936#1,59322
1935#1,55023
1934#2,42412
1933#1,55223
1932#1,63422
1931#1,94117
1930#1,81520
1929#1,76621
1928#1,46929
1927#1,93520
1926#1,88321
1925#1,37634
1924#1,53330
1923#1,67225
1922#1,95720
1921#1,86722
1920#2,17217
1919#1,85520
1918#1,45129
1917#2,31614
1916#1,58123#3,8975
1915#1,43925
1914#2,26510
1913#1,60114
1912#1,54013
1911#1,37212
1910#1,52110
1909#1,6078
1908#1,8626
1907#1,28910
1906#1,4168
1905#1,9315
1904
1903#1,7925
1902#1,13310
1901#96112
1900#1,23110
1899
1898#1,7005
1897#1,2637
1896
1895#1,2997
1894
1893#90111
1892
1891
1890
1889#1,0257
1888#1,2765
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1916

The first year at least five boys were named Ever! It came in at #3,897, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1916–1955, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Ever
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 124 spots since 2024 (#1,072#1,196)
  • 19 spots since 2020 (#1,215#1,196)
  • 35 spots since 2015 (#1,231#1,196)
Rise & fade · boys
107 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1916
  • Peaked 2023 at #1,061 (205 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,344
  • Highest: 1 in 8,344 boys born in 2023 were named Ever (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 10,107 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 29.8% of all boys named Ever (1,332) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1972
  • Mostly girls until 1971, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#3,897 (1916)#3,897
1920s0
1930s0
1940s5#3,560 (1942)#3,560
1950s6#3,535 (1956)#3,535
1960s0
1970s33#3,357 (1979)#4,979
1980s173#1,919 (1989)#3,286
1990s543#1,571 (1997)#1,697
2000s1,294#1,070 (2008)#1,229
2010s1,332#1,193 (2019)#1,325
2020s1,072#1,061 (2023)#1,150

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Ever in 1993

girls
#9,559
8 births · 1 in 226,134 girls
boys
#1,638
54 births · 1 in 36,321 boys

Top girls' names in 1993

  1. #1Jessica34,993
  2. #2Ashley34,849
  3. #3Sarah24,257
  4. #4Samantha23,668
  5. #5Emily23,596
  6. #6Brittany21,725
  7. #7Taylor21,270
  8. #8Amanda20,811
  9. #9Elizabeth17,559
  10. #10Stephanie17,186
  11. #9,559Ever8

Top boys' names in 1993

  1. #1Michael49,571
  2. #2Christopher38,237
  3. #3Matthew35,782
  4. #4Joshua33,590
  5. #5Tyler29,800
  6. #6Brandon28,735
  7. #7Daniel28,698
  8. #8Nicholas28,114
  9. #9Jacob27,487
  10. #10Andrew27,326
  11. #1,638Ever54
More about 1993

girls

1,809,072 girls got a published name in 1993; 1 in 226,134 of them was named Ever, which outranked 39.5% of the 15,801 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ever
  1. #8,719Zita9
  2. #8,719Zitlali9
  3. #8,719Zohra9
  4. #9,559Ever8
  5. #9,559Aarin8
  6. #9,559Aashna8
  7. #9,559Abreanna8
  8. #10,588Aaisha7
  9. #10,588Aamina7
  10. #10,588Aasha7

Tied with 1,028 names at #9,559; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. 12,442Coraima#13,317#875
  2. 5,624Kadijah#6,314#690
  3. 3,307Kalene#4,236#929
  4. 1,413Deyanira#2,351#938
  5. 979Halle#1,713#734
Fallers
  1. 1,120Latifah#802#1,922
  2. 747Shanae#662#1,409
  3. 520Jaleesa#792#1,312
  4. 487Brianda#777#1,264
  5. 417Chynna#941#1,358

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,961,328 boys got a published name in 1993; 1 in 36,321 of them was named Ever, which outranked 83.9% of the 10,170 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ever
  1. #1,620Ramone55
  2. #1,620Rufus55
  3. #1,620Sammie55
  4. #1,638Ever54
  5. #1,638Bishop54
  6. #1,638Briar54
  7. #1,638Donell54
  8. #1,662Aren53
  9. #1,662Chavez53
  10. #1,662Cyril53

Tied with 23 names at #1,638; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. 5,880Savon#6,670#790
  2. 2,006Jordy#2,834#828
  3. 662Austyn#1,598#936
  4. 471Devaughn#1,395#924
  5. 454Mikal#1,294#840
Fallers
  1. 329Channing#887#1,216
  2. 307Garth#658#965
  3. 252Earnest#911#1,163
  4. 241Armand#987#1,228
  5. 240Spenser#831#1,071

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1993