Everest
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EV-er-est
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,342 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #796 for boys
Everest is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,342nd for boys in the UK (10 babies) and 796th for boys in the US (315 babies).
What does Everest mean?
English: English surname, best known from Mount Everest
Mount Everest was named in 1865 after Sir George Everest, a former Surveyor General of India.
Is Everest a girl's or a boy's name?
Everest is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the UK and 92 girls and 315 boys in the US.
How popular is Everest in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,342nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 167% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were named Everest, making it the 2,342nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Everest in the UK since 1996 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2024, 27% of the babies named Everest in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,265th in England and Wales.
Everest in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,342 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
How popular is Everest in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 796th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 315 about 1 in 5,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 315 boys in the US were named Everest, making it the 796th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 986th. It first appears in the records in 1914. 92 girls were also named Everest in 2025 (2,051st for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Everest of any year since it first appeared, in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Everest in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 23% of the babies named Everest in the US were girls.
Everest in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 315 | #796 |
| 2024 | 289 | #843 |
| 2023 | 291 | #835 |
| 2022 | 299 | #830 |
| 2021 | 256 | #897 |
| 2020 | 216 | #986 |
| 2019 | 197 | #1,044 |
| 2018 | 175 | #1,113 |
| 2017 | 130 | #1,365 |
| 2016 | 144 | #1,266 |
| 2015 | 111 | #1,491 |
| 2014 | 83 | #1,794 |
| 2013 | 44 | #2,666 |
| 2012 | 46 | #2,631 |
| 2011 | 38 | #2,999 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 36 | #3,161 |
| 2008 | 31 | #3,483 |
| 2007 | 33 | #3,311 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 23 | #3,937 |
| 2004 | 24 | #3,731 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 19 | #3,704 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 9 | #2,948 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
Names like Everest
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Everest: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/everest, updated 20 October 2026.