Everly
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EV-er-lee
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #313 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #91 for girls
Everly is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “boar wood”. In 2025 it ranked 313th for girls in the UK (154 babies) and 91st for girls in the US (2,695 babies).
What does Everly mean?
English: English surname from a place name
“boar wood”
From an English surname based on a place name; the Everly Brothers were a celebrated American singing duo.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Everly a girl's or a boy's name?
Everly is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 154 girls in the UK and 2,695 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Everly in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 313th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 154 about 1 in 1,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 154 girls in the UK were named Everly, making it the 313th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 218th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 297 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Everly than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Everly in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 342 girls in the UK were given Everly or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #186, up from #313 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 297th in England and Wales and 632nd in Scotland.
Everly in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 154 | #313 |
| 2024 | 163 | #303 |
| 2023 | 208 | #247 |
| 2022 | 251 | #216 |
| 2021 | 297 | #189 |
| 2020 | 245 | #218 |
| 2019 | 228 | #234 |
| 2018 | 182 | #293 |
| 2017 | 139 | #368 |
| 2016 | 115 | #431 |
| 2015 | 104 | #466 |
| 2014 | 58 | #737 |
| 2013 | 21 | #1,559 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
How popular is Everly in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 91st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 2,695 about 1 in 600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.3% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 2,695 girls in the US were named Everly, making it the 91st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 43rd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 4,782 girls. It first appears in the records in 1944.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Everly than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Everly in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 5,151 girls in the US were given Everly or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #48, up from #91 for this spelling alone.
Everly in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,695 | #91 |
| 2024 | 3,018 | #81 |
| 2023 | 3,176 | #69 |
| 2022 | 3,908 | #56 |
| 2021 | 4,395 | #50 |
| 2020 | 4,630 | #43 |
| 2019 | 4,782 | #42 |
| 2018 | 4,345 | #53 |
| 2017 | 3,524 | #82 |
| 2016 | 2,899 | #107 |
| 2015 | 2,331 | #138 |
| 2014 | 1,872 | #178 |
| 2013 | 817 | #379 |
| 2012 | 290 | #902 |
| 2011 | 229 | #1,075 |
| 2010 | 159 | #1,436 |
| 2009 | 116 | #1,838 |
| 2008 | 46 | #3,528 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,548 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
Nicknames for Everly
- Evie 1,320 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Everly
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Poppy, Harper, Elodie, Ivy, Ember, Willow, Felicity, Harlow, Tilly, Avery, Lyra, Mila
Other spellings of Everly
Everleigh, Everley, Everlie, Everlee, Everli, Everlea, Everliegh
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Grace, Violet, Daisy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter, Harrison, River
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, “Everly: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/everly, updated 20 October 2026.