Everitt
Masculine · “A spelling of Everett”
Everitt is Everett with the ending written -itt, a sturdy surname name that has come back into use. Everett was the name a Surgeon General went by when he sent a plain-spoken leaflet about AIDS to every home in the country.
How old is the name Everitt?
Everitt first appears in US birth records in 1899 — 126 years ago. The typical Everitt alive today was born around 2001, making them about 24 years old. About 400 people named Everitt are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Everitt most popular?
Everitt peaked in 1899, reaching #1051 nationally. See the whole 1899 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Eberhard to Everitt
The story of Everitt
The last syllable of Everett is unstressed, and English can write its short vowel as e or i; Everitt takes the i, as some English surname lines did. Charles Everett Koop, who went by C. Everett Koop, was the Surgeon General who, against advice from others in government, mailed a frank leaflet called Understanding AIDS to every household in the United States, the largest public health mailing the country had seen. Everitt is one of the spellings American families have used.
Meaning
A spelling of Everett, 'brave as a boar'
Everett comes from the Germanic Eberhard, from eber, 'boar', and hard, 'brave'. Everitt writes the ending with an i.
How the name formed
- Eberhard
- Everard
- Everett
- Everitt
Related forms: Everett · Eberhard
Pronouncing Everitt
EV-er-it
Three syllables with the stress on the first; often said in two, EV-rit.
Nicknames for Everitt
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1899
- Most boys named
- 202226 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1051reached in 1899
- Change vs 2023
- −38.1%13 in 2024, from 21
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Everitt in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Everett in English — spelling variant
- Eberhard in German — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas.
Everitts among us
people named Everitt are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
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Fashion outlook
Everitt sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Sounds like Everett, a name people know.
- A settled meaning.
- Comes with Ev as a ready short form.
- Almost everyone will write Everett.
- The spelling will need repeating.
- It may be taken for a surname.
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Frequently asked
- How many Everitts are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Everitt are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Everitt in 2025?
- Everitt is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Everitt with classmates?
- Everitt will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More E names
The most-given names starting with E, all years combined.
Edward#224 · Eric#273 · Ethan#24 · Eugene#943 · Elijah#7 · Ernest#1038 · Earl#2230 · Evan#153
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