Ever
Mostly girls · EV-er · English
Ever is a name of English origin, meaning “always”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 1,196th for boys in the US (169 babies).
What does Ever mean?
English: English word
“always”
- Say it
- EV-er
Is Ever a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Ever has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 131 girls and 169 boys in the US.
How popular is Ever in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 138% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Ever, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 10 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Ever in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 2 | #7,600 |
How popular is Ever in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,196among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 169about 1 in 10,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 169 boys in the US were named Ever, making it the 1,196th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,215th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 205 boys. It first appears in the records in 1916. 131 girls were also named Ever in 2025 (1,592nd for girls).
Half of all the boys named Ever in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 13% of the babies named Ever in the US in 1993, and 44% in 2025.
Ever in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 169 | #1,196 |
| 2024 | 203 | #1,072 |
| 2023 | 205 | #1,061 |
| 2022 | 174 | #1,171 |
| 2021 | 166 | #1,182 |
| 2020 | 155 | #1,215 |
| 2019 | 160 | #1,193 |
| 2018 | 119 | #1,458 |
| 2017 | 131 | #1,360 |
| 2016 | 134 | #1,329 |
| 2015 | 148 | #1,231 |
| 2014 | 140 | #1,272 |
| 2013 | 121 | #1,387 |
| 2012 | 127 | #1,336 |
| 2011 | 135 | #1,271 |
| 2010 | 117 | #1,415 |
| 2009 | 146 | #1,226 |
| 2008 | 175 | #1,070 |
| 2007 | 155 | #1,149 |
| 2006 | 148 | #1,144 |
| 2005 | 148 | #1,111 |
| 2004 | 126 | #1,204 |
| 2003 | 117 | #1,232 |
| 2002 | 97 | #1,354 |
| 2001 | 102 | #1,283 |
| 2000 | 80 | #1,500 |
| 1999 | 69 | #1,577 |
| 1998 | 58 | #1,738 |
| 1997 | 65 | #1,568 |
| 1996 | 55 | #1,702 |
| 1995 | 50 | #1,753 |
| 1994 | 54 | #1,659 |
| 1993 | 54 | #1,633 |
| 1992 | 51 | #1,672 |
| 1991 | 47 | #1,719 |
| 1990 | 40 | #1,904 |
| 1989 | 38 | #1,914 |
| 1988 | 24 | #2,432 |
| 1987 | 23 | #2,396 |
| 1986 | 16 | #3,002 |
| 1985 | 21 | #2,426 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,356 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
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