girl's name
Everleigh
EV-er-lee
- Origin English
- Gender Girl
- Letters 9
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 24,069
the United States
#194
2025 births
Everleigh is a girl's name of modern American coinage, formed by respelling the English surname Everly. That surname derives from a place name meaning "boar meadow," from the Old English eofor and leah — a meaning at odds with how the name reads today.
- Everleigh is a name of English origin.
- Peaked in 2020, when 2,827 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 2,053 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 2008.
Everleigh over time
Births per decade in the United States, 2000s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 2000s | 69 |
| 2010s | 7,204 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 13,656 |
What Everleigh means
Everleigh inherits the meaning of Everly: boar clearing or boar meadow, from the Old English eofor, wild boar, and leah, a woodland clearing. Some sources instead offer "ever living," reading the first syllable as the English word ever, which is an association rather than a derivation.
Where Everleigh comes from
Everleigh is the -leigh respelling of Everly, an English surname from places recorded as Eburleag and similar, combining the Old English eofor, a wild boar, with leah, a clearing. The -leigh ending is a modern American convention that has generated dozens of names — Everleigh, Ashleigh, Kinsleigh, Rayleigh — by respelling existing -ly and -ley names. It is worth stating plainly that a parent choosing Everleigh is almost never choosing "boar meadow": the name is chosen for its sound and its resemblance to the word ever, and the historical meaning is a fact about the surname rather than about the modern name. Birth records show Everleigh first appearing in 2008 and reaching the top 200 within fifteen years.
Everleigh in use
The -leigh ending is a modern American spelling convention rather than an English one, and has generated a large family of names from existing surnames.
How popular is Everleigh?
In 2025, Everleigh was given to 1,615 babies in the United States, ranking #194 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Everleigh is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Everleigh
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Everleigh also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Everleigh over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
2 nicknames for Everleigh
Each one is a name in its own right — the figure underneath is how it is doing today, so you can see which short forms are rising and which have faded.
Everleigh in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Everleigh
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Everleigh — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Everleigh
What does the name Everleigh mean?
It inherits the meaning of the surname Everly: "boar meadow," from the Old English eofor and leah.
Does Everleigh mean "ever living"?
Some sources give that reading, but it comes from the name resembling the English word ever rather than from any derivation.
What is the difference between Everleigh and Everly?
Everly is the original surname; Everleigh is a modern American respelling using the -leigh ending.
How popular is the name Everleigh?
In 2025, Everleigh was given to 1,615 babies in the United States, ranking #194 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Is Everleigh a girl's or a boy's name?
Everleigh is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Everleigh most popular?
Everleigh peaked in 2020, when 2,827 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
What are the nicknames for Everleigh?
Everleigh is usually shortened to Ever and Evie.
Is Everleigh a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Everleigh currently ranks #194 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.