Averil

Last seen for girls in 2014 at #14,558 · Last seen for boys in 1977 at #4,582
Given to girls 90.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
1896 · 9 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
403
since 1895

Averil over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201895peak #1,122, 1896peak #3,452, 1954girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014#14,5586
2013#16,5475
2012
2011#16,7645
2010#13,4487
2009
2008#15,4056
2007#17,6365
2006
2005
2004#16,0995
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989#12,3625
1988
1987#11,3255
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981#10,4115
1980
1979
1978
1977#4,5827
1976
1975
1974
1973#5,1015
1972
1971#4,9075
1970
1969
1968
1967
1966
1965
1964#6,0096
1963#3,17616
1962
1961
1960#5,6966
1959
1958
1957
1956#3,9425
1955
1954#5,7535#3,4526
1953#3,7985
1952
1951#5,4145
1950
1949
1948#4,6516
1947
1946
1945
1944
1943#3,8017
1942#3,7387
1941#3,9546
1940
1939
1938
1937#4,2555
1936#2,8579
1935
1934#3,8026
1933
1932#3,9016
1931#2,75010
1930#3,6587
1929#2,92110
1928#4,7255
1927#2,85911
1926#3,04610
1925#2,93911#4,1975
1924#2,97311#4,3475
1923#3,3509
1922#3,15210
1921#3,16410
1920#3,09710
1919#3,4528
1918#2,51913
1917#2,87910
1916#2,65811
1915#1,67220
1914#3,6185
1913#2,3318
1912#1,42115
1911#2,4635
1910#1,9357
1909
1908#1,5478
1907
1906
1905#1,6966
1904#1,4867
1903
1902#1,7935
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897
1896#1,1229
1895#1,2028
1894
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1880
First appearance
1895

The first year at least five girls were named Averil! It came in at #1,202, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1897–1903, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Averil
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2014
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1895
  • Peaked 1896 at #1,122 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1897, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 26,435
  • Highest: 1 in 26,435 girls born in 1896 were named Averil (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 297,726 girls born in 2014 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 25.3% of all girls named Averil (102) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1981
  • Mostly boys until 1980, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s17#1,122 (1896)#1,162
1900s26#1,486 (1904)#1,631
1910s102#1,421 (1912)#2,495
1920s97#2,859 (1927)#3,223
1930s43#2,750 (1931)#3,537
1940s26#3,738 (1942)#4,036
1950s10#5,414 (1951)#5,584
1960s28#3,176 (1963)#4,960
1970s0
1980s15#10,411 (1981)#11,366
1990s0
2000s16#15,405 (2008)#16,380
2010s23#13,448 (2010)#15,329

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Averil in 1895

girls
#1,202
8 births · 1 in 29,203 girls

Top girls' names in 1895

  1. #1Mary13,447
  2. #2Anna5,950
  3. #3Helen4,023
  4. #4Margaret3,931
  5. #5Elizabeth3,603
  6. #6Ruth3,551
  7. #7Florence3,471
  8. #8Ethel3,391
  9. #9Marie3,011
  10. #10Emma2,952
  11. #1,202Averil8
More about 1895

girls

233,627 girls got a published name in 1895; 1 in 29,203 of them was named Averil, which outranked 33.5% of the 1,808 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Averil
  1. #1,123Tula9
  2. #1,123Zenobia9
  3. #1,123Zeta9
  4. #1,202Averil8
  5. #1,202Alexandra8
  6. #1,202Alexina8
  7. #1,202Alverta8
  8. #1,299Achsa7
  9. #1,299Adelle7
  10. #1,299Aleta7

Tied with 96 names at #1,202; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1894
Risers
  1. 715Glenn#1,353#638
  2. 670Drusilla#1,485#815
  3. 670Gertha#1,485#815
  4. 670Lorine#1,485#815
  5. 627Leva#1,485#858
Fallers
  1. 848Gina#744#1,592
  2. 848Laurel#744#1,592
  3. 848Pennie#744#1,592
  4. 810Buena#782#1,592
  5. 780Albertina#812#1,592

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1895