Recorded 1888–2025 · United States
Ever was most popular in 2023, when 331 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,583 that year. In 2025 it ranked #1,689, with 300 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 7,375 people named Ever.
Ever first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1888, which makes it about 137 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 115 of the 138 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 7,375 American births named Ever between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 6,551 are estimated to be alive today.
300 American babies were named Ever in 2025, ranking #1,689 that year.
Ever is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 306 births a year, against 238 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +28% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Ever is a unisex name — 39.5% of the 7,375 Americans given it were girls and 60.5% were boys. It changed hands: since 1989 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 40% girls and 60% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 6,551 Americans named Ever are alive today — 89% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 13 years old, and half are between 6 and 21.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org