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Ever

boys’ name · 61%girls’ name · 39%At its peak · modern nameCompare

Ever is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 203 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
2030.01% of boys
Peak year
2023205 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1916
7,071people given the name
Babies named Ever, by year of birthboysgirls
06312518825018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

4,294 boys have been named Ever in the United States since 1916, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 205 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2010, and the 2010s alone account for 31%.

Ever is used for both sexes: 39% of its bearers are girls (2,777), most of them born around 2023.

By decade

Decadeboys named Ever
1910s5
1940s5
1950s6
1970s33
1980s173
1990s543
2000s1,294
2010s1,332
2020s903

In 2023, its biggest year

Ever was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.

Names that rose and fell with Ever

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.