Highest ever

Everest

Meaning not yet researched.

2025 rank
#796
315 boys
2015
#1,497
rank
1950
—
not ranked

Everest: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 315 in 2025. Its best rank was #796 in 2025.

US births per year · SSA card applications

Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. About 77% of babies named Everest in 2025 were boys.

Baby name · US data 1880–2025

#796 for US boys in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.

Babies in 2025
407
Since 1880
3,986
Years on record
48

Babies named Everest, every year since 1880

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Boys Girls

Everest: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 315 boys in 2025. Peak: #796 in 2025 · most boys in one year: 315 (2025).

About the name Everest

In 2025, 315 US boys were named Everest, making it the 796th most common boys’ name of the year, up 47 places from #843 in 2024. That is 26 more than the 289 boys named Everest in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #796, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most boys given the name: 315. For comparison, it was #1,497 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.

In 2025, 92 US girls were named Everest, making it the 2,053rd most common girls’ name of the year, up 218 places from #2,271 in 2024. That is 10 more than the 82 girls named Everest in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #1,579, reached in 2021. That year also had the most girls given the name: 133. For comparison, it was #4,761 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.

Social Security card records list Everest in 48 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1914 with 5 babies. In all, 3,986 US babies have been given the name, 23% of them girls and 77% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 2,255 babies named Everest.

Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,312 US boys were named Everest; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 315. In 2025 that was about 1 in 5,422 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.

Among the states, Everest ranked highest in North Dakota in 2025, at #159 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state.

Meaning

Meaning not yet researched.

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Everest by state, 2025

US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 26 are not listed.

StateBirths 2025Rank 2025Rank 2015
North Dakota8#159—
Iowa8#413—
Oklahoma9#478—
Kansas7#483—
Utah9#489#578
Kentucky9#495—
Colorado11#510#833
Oregon6#550#433
Indiana12#558—
Michigan14#580—
Alabama8#593—
Washington11#612#788
Tennessee10#688#956
Minnesota6#734#739
Pennsylvania11#757—
Missouri6#814—
Ohio9#887—
Illinois9#888—
California26#890#1,226
Texas27#916#2,212
New York14#931—
Florida14#972—
Virginia6#1,009—
New Jersey5#1,079—
Georgia7#1,136—

Rank by year

Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.

CSV
YearGirlsGirls rankBoysBoys rank
202592#2,053315#796
202482#2,271289#843
2023102#1,936291#838
202294#2,056299#830
2021133#1,579256#898
202086#2,120216#986
201971#2,489197#1,044
201882#2,246175#1,115
201765#2,676130#1,368
201648#3,345144#1,269
201529#4,761111#1,497
201412#9,15983#1,801
20138#12,37344#2,680
20128#12,59846#2,646
20116#15,44638#3,015
20105#17,87424#4,149
2009——36#3,179
2008——31#3,510
2007——33#3,328
2006——18#4,926
20055#17,31623#3,971
2004——24#3,772
2003——15#5,116
2002——18#4,373
2001——14#5,215
2000——20#3,967
1999——16#4,415
1998——19#3,746
1997——7#7,543
1996——9#6,152
1995——7#7,246
1994——5#9,275
1990——8#6,016
1984——5#6,636
1979——9#4,178
1959——5#4,181
1952——5#3,907
1938——7#2,968
1936——5#3,716
1932——6#3,505
1929——10#2,656
1924——7#3,624
1923——9#3,037
1921——5#4,558
1918——7#3,480
1917——6#3,693
1916——6#3,623
1914——5#3,423

About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).