Everest
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning wild boar; place name used as given name.
How Everest has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2020 | #984 |
| 2021 | #901 |
| 2022 | #832 |
| 2023 | #837 |
| 2024 | #845 |
| 2025 | #796 |
Everest by the numbers
In 2025, 10 babies in England and Wales were named Everest. In the US, 194 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 144 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Everest. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Everettbrave as a wild boar3,814 in the US (2017)
- Everetwild boar strong; variant of Everett7 in the US (2017)
- Everettebrave boar; a form of Everett107 in the US (2017)
- Everhettbrave as a wild boar; a modern respelling of Everett51 in the US (2017)
- Everittboar warrior; a variant of Everett13 in the US (2017)
- Evertboar warrior13 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a gift
Like Everest, each of these has a gift in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Matthewgift of God11,623 in the US (2017)
- Mateogift of God7,735 in the US (2017)
- Jonathanyahweh has given; god's gift6,476 in the US (2017)
- Theodoregift of God2,638 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kennedymisshapen head; an Irish surname used as given name4,277 in the US (2017)
- Peytonfrom Paega's town; an English place name used as given name4,236 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Everest
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