Given name & surname
Everest
“from the highest mountain peak”
Everest is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “from the highest mountain peak.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “from the highest mountain peak.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Everest through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,986
- 3,058 boys · 928 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 407 babies
- 2025
- 407
- #796 for boys · #2,053 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +61%
- Rising fast
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 73% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 315 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 796 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 68.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 92 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (27). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,777 as a first name in 2020; 919 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Everest’s family of names
Everest has a related form in Evrest.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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