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
- Peak · boys
- 2023 · 205 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,463since 1916
Ever over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,592 | 131 | #1,196 | 169 |
| 2024 | #1,719 | 118 | #1,072 | 203 |
| 2023 | #1,645 | 126 | #1,061 | 205 |
| 2022 | #1,692 | 123 | #1,171 | 174 |
| 2021 | #1,768 | 115 | #1,182 | 166 |
| 2020 | #1,977 | 95 | #1,215 | 155 |
| 2019 | #1,875 | 107 | #1,193 | 160 |
| 2018 | #1,978 | 99 | #1,458 | 119 |
| 2017 | #2,200 | 86 | #1,360 | 131 |
| 2016 | #2,221 | 86 | #1,329 | 134 |
| 2015 | #1,850 | 111 | #1,231 | 148 |
| 2014 | #1,804 | 113 | #1,272 | 140 |
| 2013 | #1,824 | 111 | #1,387 | 121 |
| 2012 | #2,115 | 90 | #1,336 | 127 |
| 2011 | #2,026 | 96 | #1,271 | 135 |
| 2010 | #2,028 | 98 | #1,415 | 117 |
| 2009 | #2,643 | 69 | #1,226 | 146 |
| 2008 | #4,006 | 39 | #1,070 | 175 |
| 2007 | #7,394 | 17 | #1,149 | 155 |
| 2006 | #5,086 | 27 | #1,144 | 148 |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 | #1,112 | 148 |
| 2004 | #5,377 | 23 | #1,206 | 126 |
| 2003 | #5,235 | 23 | #1,233 | 117 |
| 2002 | #6,698 | 16 | #1,357 | 97 |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | #1,287 | 102 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #1,504 | 80 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | #1,580 | 69 |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | #1,741 | 58 |
| 1997 | — | #1,571 | 65 | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #1,705 | 55 |
| 1995 | — | #1,758 | 50 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,664 | 54 | |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | #1,638 | 54 |
| 1992 | — | #1,677 | 51 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,725 | 47 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,909 | 40 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,919 | 38 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,437 | 24 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,400 | 23 | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #3,005 | 16 |
| 1985 | — | #2,427 | 21 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,956 | 15 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #3,630 | 11 |
| 1982 | — | #3,692 | 11 | |
| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,134 | 9 | |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #3,357 | 12 |
| 1978 | — | #5,772 | 5 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,845 | 5 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | #4,986 | 5 | |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | — | |
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | — | |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 | — | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | #3,225 | 13 | — | |
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 | — | |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,701 | 14 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,637 | 15 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,597 | 14 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,916 | 10 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,625 | 12 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,447 | 14 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,760 | 23 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #1,610 | 24 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,300 | 13 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,282 | 32 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,593 | 22 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,550 | 23 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,424 | 12 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,552 | 23 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,634 | 22 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,941 | 17 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,815 | 20 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,766 | 21 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,469 | 29 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,935 | 20 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,883 | 21 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,376 | 34 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,533 | 30 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,672 | 25 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,957 | 20 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,867 | 22 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,172 | 17 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,855 | 20 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,451 | 29 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,316 | 14 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,581 | 23 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #1,439 | 25 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,265 | 10 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,601 | 14 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,540 | 13 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,372 | 12 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,521 | 10 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,289 | 10 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | — | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,133 | 10 | — | |
| 1901 | #961 | 12 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,231 | 10 | — | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 | — | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | #901 | 11 | — | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- 124 spots since 2024 (#1,072 → #1,196)
- 19 spots since 2020 (#1,215 → #1,196)
- 35 spots since 2015 (#1,231 → #1,196)
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 2023 at #1,061 (205 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 29.8% of all boys named Ever (1,332) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1971, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #3,897 (1916) | #3,897 |
| 1920s | 0 | — | — |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 5 | #3,560 (1942) | #3,560 |
| 1950s | 6 | #3,535 (1956) | #3,535 |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 33 | #3,357 (1979) | #4,979 |
| 1980s | 173 | #1,919 (1989) | #3,286 |
| 1990s | 543 | #1,571 (1997) | #1,697 |
| 2000s | 1,294 | #1,070 (2008) | #1,229 |
| 2010s | 1,332 | #1,193 (2019) | #1,325 |
| 2020s | 1,072 | #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 2010
Top girls' names in 2010
Top boys' names in 2010
More about 2010
girls
1,777,595 girls got a published name in 2010; 1 in 18,139 of them was named Ever, which outranked 89.8% of the 19,841 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,010Petra99
- #2,010Tierra99
- #2,010Tristan99
- #2,028Ever98
- #2,028Angelie98
- #2,028Baila98
- #2,028Brionna98
- #2,043Aislynn97
- #2,043Amie97
- #2,043Angeles97
Tied with 14 names at #2,028; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,918,676 boys got a published name in 2010; 1 in 16,399 of them was named Ever, which outranked 90.1% of the 14,270 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,408Meir118
- #1,408Mikhail118
- #1,408Trenten118
- #1,415Ever117
- #1,415Brad117
- #1,415Cy117
- #1,415Francesco117
- #1,425Carsten116
- #1,425Carsyn116
- #1,425Damarcus116
Tied with 9 names at #1,415; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.