Everest is the name of the world's highest mountain, which the British named in 1865 after the surveyor George Everest; his surname comes from Évreux in Normandy. As a given name it stands for the "summit" and the ambition the mountain embodies, and it rides on the popularity of Everett and Ever. Everest entered the US top 1000 in 2020 and has climbed every year since to number 796 in 2025, its best rank yet.