girl's name
Everly
EV-er-lee
- Origin English
- Gender Girl
- Syllables 3
- Letters 6
- Popularity Top 100 (US)
- Births on record 50,166
the United States
#91
2025 births
Everly is a girl's name of English origin, from a place name meaning "boar meadow" — the Old English eofor, a wild boar, and leah, a clearing. Its modern use owes a great deal to the Everly Brothers, whose surname made it familiar.
- Everly is a name of English origin.
- Peaked in 2019, when 4,791 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 1,230 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1944.
- 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.
Everly over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1940s 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 |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 |
| 1960s | 5 |
| 1980s | 26 |
| 1990s | 12 |
| 2000s | 256 |
| 2010s | 21,281 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 21,827 |
What Everly means
Everly means boar clearing or boar meadow. The first element is the Old English word for a wild boar, an animal that carried strong martial associations in Anglo-Saxon culture rather than the comic ones it might suggest now.
Where Everly comes from
Everly comes from English places recorded as Eburleag and similar, combining eofor, wild boar, with leah, a woodland clearing — a straightforward description of where boar were found. It became a surname in the ordinary way and reached wide American familiarity through Don and Phil Everly, the Everly Brothers, whose close-harmony recordings were among the most influential of the late 1950s. Its adoption as a girl's given name is recent, and the -leigh respelling Everleigh followed it. Parents choosing it are almost always choosing the sound and its resemblance to the word ever rather than the boar.
Everly in use
The boar was a martial emblem in Anglo-Saxon England, crested on helmets and mentioned in Beowulf.
How popular is Everly?
In 2025, Everly was given to 2,695 babies in the United States, ranking #91 that year. It is one of the most popular names in the United States.
Where Everly 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.
How Everly is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Éverly | Éverly is a rare spelling of Everly, written with an acute accent and recorded about 5 times, mostly in France. | 5 |
Names that peaked alongside Everly
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Everly also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Everly over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
2 nicknames for Everly
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.
Everly 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 Everly
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Everly — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Everly
What does the name Everly mean?
Everly means "boar meadow," from the Old English eofor and leah.
Is Everly named after the Everly Brothers?
The place name is much older, but the duo made the surname widely familiar in America.
What is the difference between Everly and Everleigh?
Everly is the original surname; Everleigh is a modern American respelling.
How popular is the name Everly?
In 2025, Everly was given to 2,695 babies in the United States, ranking #91 that year. It is one of the most popular names in the United States.
Is Everly a girl's or a boy's name?
Everly is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
How many syllables are in Everly?
Everly has 3 syllables.
When was Everly most popular?
Everly peaked in 2019, when 4,791 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
What are the nicknames for Everly?
Everly is usually shortened to Ever and Evie.
Is Everly a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Everly currently ranks #87 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.