Everest

Everest was the #796 boys' name in the US in 2025 (315 babies), and #2,269 in England & Wales and #981 in Canada.

Everest as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Everest as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Everest as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#796 (315)#2,269 (10)#981 (26)
2024#843 (289)#2,672 (8)#842 (30)
2023#835 (291)#3,113 (6)#986 (24)
2022#830 (299)#2,530 (8)#1,092 (20)
2021#897 (256)#1,984 (11)#974 (24)
2020#986 (216)#3,334 (5)#847 (28)
2019#1,044 (197)#4,702 (3)#1,029 (21)
2018#1,113 (175)—#1,021 (21)
2017#1,365 (130)#3,996 (4)#1,158 (18)
2016#1,266 (144)—#1,026 (21)
2015#1,491 (111)—#1,204 (16)
2014#1,794 (83)#4,632 (3)#1,657 (10)
2013#2,668 (44)—#2,305 (6)
2012#2,632 (46)—#2,368 (6)
2011#3,000 (38)—#1,944 (8)

Everest as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Everest as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Everest as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#2,051 (92)—#3,478 (5)
2024#2,265 (82)#5,892 (3)#2,975 (6)
2023#1,934 (102)#5,688 (3)#2,366 (8)
2022#2,048 (94)—#2,835 (6)
2021#1,577 (133)—#1,876 (11)
2020#2,115 (86)—#2,873 (6)
2019#2,482 (71)—#2,374 (8)
2018#2,238 (82)—#2,587 (7)
2017#2,664 (65)—#2,179 (9)
2016#3,326 (48)—#3,294 (5)
2015#4,725 (29)—#2,891 (6)
2014#8,966 (12)——
2013#11,969 (8)——
2012#12,199 (8)——
2011#14,824 (6)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #796.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1914.
  • In 2025, 23% of US babies named Everest were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,400 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 5,400uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 27,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 6,100uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 18,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 30,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Everest is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,700 to 1 in 5,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Everest by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #604WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #152NDMinnesota: #718MNIllinois: #870ILMichigan: #571MINew York: #914NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #529ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #399IAIndiana: #545INOhio: #855OHPennsylvania: #742PANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #884CAUtah: #473UTColorado: #501CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #789MOKentucky: #485KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #971VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #468KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #672TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #464OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #573ALGeorgia: #1,096GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #915TXFlorida: #958FL
Everest (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,1239

Everest (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
EverestCanadaGirls#3,4785
EverestCanadaBoys#98126
EverestEngland & WalesGirls—too few
EverestEngland & WalesBoys#2,26910
EverestNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
EverestNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
EverestUSGirls#2,05192
EverestUSBoys#796315