Looking for opinions on [name_u]Everett[/name_u] - is it too popular/trendy at the moment?
It is currently ranked #189 - but I have a feeling it will get well within the top 100 maybe a top 50 name - thoughts? We are looking for a name (arbitrarily) outside the top 100.
I cannot answer if [name_u]Everett[/name_u] is trendy. I am unsure what makes a name trendy. I feel the word is thrown around quite a bit, in baby name forums. Maybe I am old enough that I just do not care. [name_u]Everett[/name_u] is a very handsome name. I think it ages well, I can picture it on a variety of personalities, and I feel it is a solid name. For those that like nicknames, [name_m]Rhett[/name_m] is a great nickname for [name_u]Everett[/name_u]. I have never known/met an [name_u]Everett[/name_u].
I’ve never known a little [name_u]Everett[/name_u]. [name_f]My[/name_f] boyfriend’s dad is named [name_u]Everett[/name_u], but that’s the only one I know. [name_m]Rhett[/name_m] is super cute, and I actually like it better than [name_u]Everett[/name_u].
I love the name [name_u]Everett[/name_u]! I have no idea what makes a name trendy or not, but if you love a name enough I don’t think it really matters does it? Also, I’m in Australia, but I’ve never met some called [name_u]Everett[/name_u].
I really like [name_u]Everett[/name_u]. And I would say it’s fits your “outside of the top 100” criteria. Keep it on your list.
Popularity is a difficult thing to predict and and term “too popular” is really an odd concept without parameters. I assume you’re in the US as you did not specify otherwise - which means you can also look up the popularity of the name by the particular region you live in. A name might be incredibly fashionable in [name_u]California[/name_u] but be used only twice in [name_f]Virginia[/name_f]. Should the fact that it’s popular on the other side of the country really effect you more than the popularity of the name where you live?
Most specific thoughts on [name_u]Everett[/name_u]’s popularity:
Since about 1913 the most popular it’s been has been 89th in the ranking (in 1915). That’s not so far from the “outside the top 100” list if you really think about it. We are almost at that 100 year revival mark and [name_u]Everett[/name_u]’s current popularity could be linked to that. It could also be associated with a revival of vintage names and a propensity for parents to be looking for great nature names with a solid “real name” feel and history to go with it. (Note it’s been well in the top 650 for the last 100 years).
With a very few exceptions, boys names don’t tend to be as tied to current trends as girls names are. It’s one of the reasons [name_u]Noah[/name_u] becoming #1 was such big news this year. It just doesn’t happen as often and the lists are rarely in as much upheaval. (I personally am also looking for names below a certain popularity # but for boys that # is much lower - i.e. 200 vs 300 - than it is for girls. I just don’t expect my favorite 25X to jump to 101 from one year to the next as a girls name might).
2)In 2012, [name_u]Everett[/name_u] ranked at #214 - and was given to 1724 boys as a name. In 2013 it was at #189 with 2128 baby-boy [name_u]Everett[/name_u]’s being born. That’s a difference of 404 little boys - that averages out at 16.16 babies per slot. Or 8.08 kids per state. If next year it jumps by the same # of kids are those extra 8 children in your state really going to make it too popular? What if your state actually has a decline in the name? Are the 404 kids nation wide still going to make it too popular for you?
Sorry if this is a little long and potentially a little abrasive, it wasn’t meant that way. I really just wanted to break down the #’s for you. I tend to think it helps when I am considering the popularity of a name. I seriously don’t know a single [name_u]Everett[/name_u] in person and for myself can’t see the national ranking effecting me because of that. (I would however, be very bothered to find that my little [name_f]Sofia[/name_f] has 6 other [name_f]Sofia[/name_f]’s not only in her year at school but in her class…so in that sense I do get the worry about things being “too popular” - however, I think with [name_u]Everett[/name_u] you are safe).
I really like [name_u]Everett[/name_u]. And I would say it’s fits your “outside of the top 100” criteria. Keep it on your list.
Popularity is a difficult thing to predict and and term “too popular” is really an odd concept without parameters. I assume you’re in the US as you did not specify otherwise - which means you can also look up the popularity of the name by the particular region you live in. A name might be incredibly fashionable in [name_u]California[/name_u] but be used only twice in [name_f]Virginia[/name_f]. Should the fact that it’s popular on the other side of the country really effect you more than the popularity of the name where you live?
Most specific thoughts on [name_u]Everett[/name_u]’s popularity:
Since about 1913 the most popular it’s been has been 89th in the ranking (in 1915). That’s not so far from the “outside the top 100” list if you really think about it. We are almost at that 100 year revival mark and [name_u]Everett[/name_u]’s current popularity could be linked to that. It could also be associated with a revival of vintage names and a propensity for parents to be looking for great nature names with a solid “real name” feel and history to go with it. (Note it’s been well in the top 650 for the last 100 years).
With a very few exceptions, boys names don’t tend to be as tied to current trends as girls names are. It’s one of the reasons [name_u]Noah[/name_u] becoming #1 was such big news this year. It just doesn’t happen as often and the lists are rarely in as much upheaval. (I personally am also looking for names below a certain popularity # but for boys that # is much lower - i.e. 200 vs 300 - than it is for girls. I just don’t expect my favorite 25X to jump to 101 from one year to the next as a girls name might).
In 2012, [name_u]Everett[/name_u] ranked at #214 - and was given to 1724 boys as a name. In 2013 it was at #189 with 2128 baby-boy [name_u]Everett[/name_u]’s being born. That’s a difference of 404 little boys - that averages out at 16.16 babies per slot. Or 8.08 kids per state. If next year it jumps by the same # of kids are those extra 8 children in your state really going to make it too popular? What if your state actually has a decline in the name? Are the 404 kids nation wide still going to make it too popular for you?
Sorry if this is a little long and potentially a little abrasive, it wasn’t meant that way. I really just wanted to break down the #’s for you. I tend to think it helps when I am considering the popularity of a name. I seriously don’t know a single [name_u]Everett[/name_u] in person and for myself can’t see the national ranking effecting me because of that. (I would however, be very bothered to find that my little [name_f]Sofia[/name_f] has 6 other [name_f]Sofia[/name_f]’s not only in her year at school but in her class…so in that sense I do get the worry about things being “too popular” - however, I think with [name_u]Everett[/name_u] you are safe).
Thanks for the number data and the breakdown - all good points. I am not actually in the US, I am in [name_f]Canada[/name_f], but we don’t have the data that the US does in terms of names.
Seems like [name_u]Everett[/name_u] is a possibility still.