Evert
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EV-ert
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Evert is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “brave as a boar”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Evert mean?
Germanic: Dutch and Scandinavian form of Everard
“brave as a boar”
Evert is the Dutch and Scandinavian form of Everard, from Germanic Eberhard.
Is Evert a girl's or a boy's name?
Evert is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Evert in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,799th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Evert, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 1923, with 96 boys.
2025 had more boys named Evert than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Evert in the US since 1880 were born between 1919 and 1949, the years shaded on the chart below.
Evert in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,612 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 16 | #2,939 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 21 | #1,981 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
| 1970 | 13 | #2,620 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,548 |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,575 |
| 1967 | 15 | #2,029 |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 12 | #2,364 |
| 1964 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,857 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 1961 | 23 | #1,685 |
| 1960 | 20 | #1,811 |
| 1959 | 21 | #1,758 |
| 1958 | 23 | #1,643 |
| 1957 | 20 | #1,790 |
| 1956 | 19 | #1,820 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,047 |
| 1954 | 19 | #1,761 |
| 1953 | 18 | #1,835 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,678 |
| 1951 | 23 | #1,552 |
| 1950 | 24 | #1,498 |
| 1949 | 29 | #1,347 |
| 1948 | 29 | #1,345 |
| 1947 | 21 | #1,645 |
| 1946 | 21 | #1,556 |
| 1945 | 29 | #1,226 |
| 1944 | 30 | #1,212 |
| 1943 | 41 | #1,053 |
| 1942 | 35 | #1,167 |
| 1941 | 32 | #1,169 |
| 1940 | 33 | #1,156 |
| 1939 | 39 | #1,015 |
| 1938 | 46 | #927 |
| 1937 | 49 | #880 |
| 1936 | 42 | #949 |
| 1935 | 66 | #757 |
| 1934 | 47 | #917 |
| 1933 | 47 | #905 |
| 1932 | 50 | #915 |
| 1931 | 61 | #800 |
| 1930 | 50 | #958 |
| 1929 | 77 | #705 |
| 1928 | 49 | #980 |
| 1927 | 73 | #766 |
| 1926 | 88 | #676 |
| 1925 | 92 | #668 |
| 1924 | 89 | #691 |
| 1923 | 96 | #654 |
| 1922 | 67 | #830 |
| 1921 | 83 | #722 |
| 1920 | 90 | #674 |
| 1919 | 72 | #760 |
| 1918 | 83 | #684 |
| 1917 | 70 | #744 |
| 1916 | 78 | #671 |
| 1915 | 79 | #652 |
| 1914 | 62 | #642 |
| 1913 | 40 | #734 |
| 1912 | 43 | #635 |
| 1911 | 15 | #855 |
| 1910 | 15 | #782 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,155 |
| 1908 | 16 | #657 |
| 1907 | 9 | #929 |
| 1906 | 12 | #709 |
| 1905 | 18 | #549 |
| 1904 | 15 | #587 |
| 1903 | 7 | #910 |
| 1902 | 10 | #743 |
| 1901 | 21 | #407 |
| 1900 | 9 | #901 |
| 1899 | 7 | #856 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,001 |
| 1897 | 10 | #681 |
| 1896 | 11 | #674 |
| 1895 | 15 | #529 |
| 1894 | 6 | #953 |
| 1893 | 10 | #650 |
| 1892 | 13 | #571 |
| 1891 | 12 | #524 |
| 1890 | 16 | #458 |
| 1889 | 15 | #482 |
| 1888 | 11 | #609 |
| 1887 | 9 | #631 |
| 1886 | 6 | #845 |
| 1885 | 13 | #521 |
| 1884 | 10 | #613 |
| 1883 | 18 | #412 |
| 1882 | 10 | #611 |
| 1881 | 7 | #705 |
| 1880 | 12 | #526 |
Names like Evert
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Albert, William, Robert, Emmett, Walter, Ernest, Charlie, Lewis, Henry, Archie, Otto, Louis
Names related to Evert
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Charlotte, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice, Myles, Charles, Lottie
Sources
Figures from 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, “Evert: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/evert, updated 20 October 2026.