Declining since 2020, #91 for girls today.
Popularity of Everly since 1944
Babies named Everly per year in U.S. Social Security records.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 |
| 1950s | 0 |
| 1960s | 5 |
| 1970s | 0 |
| 1980s | 26 |
| 1990s | 12 |
| 2000s | 256 |
| 2010s | 21,248 |
| 2020s | 21,822 |
Meaning & origin
Everly is close to a pure creature of the 2010s. The Social Security files show a first flicker in 1944 and then almost nothing for seventy years, until a celebrity birth announcement, Everly Tatum, in 2013, met a market primed for three-syllable, -ly-ending girls' names. The ascent was nearly vertical, cresting in 2020.
Since that peak the name has been descending, and in 2025 it sits at rank 91, reaching about one girl in 596. Its strongest states are Vermont, South Dakota, and Alaska, consistent with the broader pattern of trend names running hottest in small rural states while the coastal cities move on first.
Where Everly lands from here is the open question. Names that rise this fast usually fall the same way, but Everly has structural advantages its cohort lacks: a genuine surname history, the warm Everly Brothers echo, and the ready nicknames Evie and Ever. A slide from 91 toward the middle of the charts seems likelier than a disappearance.
Everly is a surname first: it derives from English place names such as Everley in Wiltshire and North Yorkshire, usually explained as Old English eofor, "wild boar," combined with lēah, "woodland clearing." As a given name it is essentially modern, American records show a first trickle in 1944, with usage staying negligible for decades. The Everly Brothers kept the surname in the cultural ear, and the 2013 birth of Everly Tatum, daughter of actors Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan, is widely credited with launching it as a girls' name; it broke onto the charts soon after and shot upward to a 2020 crest, buoyed by the fashion for -ly and -leigh endings.
Read more: Everly on Wikipedia
Where Everly is most popular
Births per 100,000 girls by state. Press play or drag the slider to watch it move across the decades. The lightest shade means too few recorded births.
“Everly” around the world
Where Everly lands in the latest official birth statistics abroad, matched to the U.S. spelling.
France
10
babies in 2024
Ireland
5
babies in 2025
Quebec
33
babies in 2025
Sources: INSEE (France) · CSO Ireland (Ireland) · Retraite Québec (Quebec).
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Evie, Ever
Sibling names for Everly
Names that share Everly's style, for a brother or sister.
Sisters: Oakley, Blakely, Hadley, Presley, Willow, Elowyn, Emery, Adalyn, Addilyn, Emberly, Emersyn, Emmalyn, Gracelynn, Maelyn, Oaklynn, Aaralyn, Addilynn, Adilyn, Adilynn, Anniston, Brailyn, Braylyn, Emberlynn, Emmersyn, Finlee, Harlyn, Harlynn, Hensley, Irelyn, Kambree, Kinzley, Lakelynn, Novalee, Novaleigh, Oakleigh, Paisleigh, Rhylee, Addelynn, Adlee, Avagrace, Avaree, Averly, Bentleigh, Brailynn, Brexley, Brileigh, Brixley, Bryley, Courtlynn, Elleigh, Ellisyn, Ellory, Emberleigh, Embry, Emersen, Fynlee, Haizley, Harlei, Henlee, Kashlynn, Kensli, Klarity, Laiklyn, Landree, Lennyn, Maddilynn, Maelie, Maizee, Novalie, Oaklie, Paislie, Quinnley, Railey, Rylann, Skarlett, Zaylie, Aaralynn, Adalay, Adaley, Adilee, Aizlyn, Anberlin, Atleigh, Avalynne, Avelynn, Averleigh, Bentlie, Breelynn, Brenley, Brexlee, Brinleigh, Brixlee, Brooklee, Bryndle, Ellowyn, Emeree, Emerlynn, Emmerie, Emmory, Evaleigh, Everlie, Finnleigh, Graylynn, Greenleigh, Harlowe, Hazlee, Hazleigh, Jaisley, Jernee, Jersei, Katniss, Kenlei, Kensly, Kentley, Kynzley, Kynzlie, Lovelynn, Maevry, Novalynn, Oaklynne, Remingtyn, Rielynn, Rynleigh, Skarlette, Tomorrow, Waverley, Zayley, Emberli, Emeryn, Everlea, Hollynn, Kenlynn, Mckenleigh, Addalynne, Addilyne, Addylin, Addylynn, Adilynne, Aizley, Anzlee, Arlowe, Audryna, Braileigh, Breeley, Brinlynn, Brynlei, Darely, Emerlee, Enslie, Evryn, Jenavee, Journe, Kharlie, Kinslei, Kinzly, Kouvr, Kynlea, Kynsli, Lexxie, Maevery, Maislyn, Makenley, Mckynlie, Nadalyn, Paislea, Phinley, Preslei, Presly, Preslynn, Renezmae, Skyelyn, Timberlynn, Yorley
Brothers: Beckett, Sawyer, Bennett, Hudson, Archer, Easton, Jaxon, Maverick, Camdyn, Colson, Kannon, Karter, Brysen, Linkin, Maddux, Mavrick, Wylder, Aycen, Beckam, Brydon, Creedence, Huxlee, Kohlton, Kyser, Maddax, Maisen, Maveric, Maverik, Remmington, Rhyatt, Rhyker, Wynston, Bearett, Braxden, Brighten, Caisyn, Dredyn, Endrick, Jourden, Leelynn, Luxton, Paxten, Reyden, Rhylen, Castin, Braxley, Brixten, Cavion, Chaynce, Daysen, Deklen, Draxton, Draycen, Ellian, Finnlee, Future, Grainger, Greysyn, Huxson, Jaxn, Kholton, Knightly, Lyncoln, Maxten, Nohlan
Names like Everly
Names whose popularity has moved with Everly's over the last 50 years.
