Fun Facts About the Name Everley
- More than 2 thousand babies named Everley: U.S. records list 2,389 babies given the name Everley from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Everley Mean?
Everley is an English name meaning "boar wood" or "boar clearing," from Old English eofor "wild boar" and lēah "wood, clearing, meadow." The first element may alternatively be the Old English personal name Eofor, in which case the sense is "Eofor's clearing." Both explanations are possible because eofor was used as both a common noun and a personal name. The name is habitational in origin, and its literal sense is topographical: a wood or clearing associated with boars.
Everley Name History & Origins
Everley belongs to the English habitational surnames, which were taken from villages, hamlets, and estates. It derives from one or more places named with Old English eofor and lēah, a common place-name compound. Everleigh in Wiltshire is one such place; the surname also appears in the spellings Everly and Everleigh. In the Middle Ages, when hereditary surnames became usual in England, people identified by such a place name passed it to later generations.
As a given name, Everley is a modern English use of the surname. In the United States and other English-speaking countries it is now used chiefly for girls, often alongside the variant Everly. The American musical duo the Everly Brothers made the surname Everly widely familiar in the mid-20th century, but that is a separate use of the surname, not evidence of the given name's earliest history.
How Popular is the Name Everley?
Everley has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2019. Its best rank was #1,059 in 2019.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,246 | 181 | 0.0113% |
| 2024 | #1,440 | 153 | 0.0095% |
| 2023 | #1,394 | 161 | 0.0100% |
| 2022 | #1,079 | 233 | 0.0142% |
| 2021 | #1,089 | 228 | 0.0139% |
| 2020 | #1,071 | 231 | 0.0143% |
| 2019 | #1,059 | 240 | 0.0143% |
| 2018 | #1,164 | 207 | 0.0122% |
| 2017 | #1,298 | 181 | 0.0105% |
| 2016 | #1,595 | 139 | 0.0078% |
| 2015 | #1,627 | 132 | 0.0074% |
| 2014 | #1,883 | 107 | 0.0060% |
| 2013 | #2,467 | 73 | 0.0042% |
| 2012 | #3,802 | 41 | 0.0023% |
| 2011 | #4,967 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2010 | #4,646 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 2009 | #7,794 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2008 | #14,319 | 7 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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