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
- Peak · girls
- 1896 · 9 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 403since 1895
Averil over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
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| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | — | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | — | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | — | |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | — | |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | — | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | — | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | — | |
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| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | — | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | — | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
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| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | #4,582 | 7 | |
| 1976 | — | — | ||
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| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | #4,907 | 5 | |
| 1970 | — | — | ||
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| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,176 | 16 | — | |
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1959 | — | — | ||
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| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | #3,942 | 5 | |
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | — | #3,798 | 5 | |
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | — | |
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | — | |
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | — | ||
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| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | — | |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 | — | |
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | — | |
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,750 | 10 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 | — | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,859 | 11 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,046 | 10 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,939 | 11 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #2,973 | 11 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #3,350 | 9 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,152 | 10 | — | |
| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,097 | 10 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,519 | 13 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,658 | 11 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,672 | 20 | — | |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,421 | 15 | — | |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 | — | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | #1,547 | 8 | — | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 | — | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 | — | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
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| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | #1,122 | 9 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,202 | 8 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2014
- Debuted 1895
- Peaked 1896 at #1,122 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1897, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 25.3% of all girls named Averil (102) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1980, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 17 | #1,122 (1896) | #1,162 |
| 1900s | 26 | #1,486 (1904) | #1,631 |
| 1910s | 102 | #1,421 (1912) | #2,495 |
| 1920s | 97 | #2,859 (1927) | #3,223 |
| 1930s | 43 | #2,750 (1931) | #3,537 |
| 1940s | 26 | #3,738 (1942) | #4,036 |
| 1950s | 10 | #5,414 (1951) | #5,584 |
| 1960s | 28 | #3,176 (1963) | #4,960 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 15 | #10,411 (1981) | #11,366 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 16 | #15,405 (2008) | #16,380 |
| 2010s | 23 | #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 1912
Top girls' names in 1912
More about 1912
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558,119 girls got a published name in 1912; 1 in 37,208 of them was named Averil, which outranked 58.8% of the 3,445 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,352Violetta16
- #1,352Yolande16
- #1,352Zelpha16
- #1,421Averil15
- #1,421Alyne15
- #1,421Arnetta15
- #1,421Aubrey15
- #1,477Adline14
- #1,477Albert14
- #1,477Aldea14
Tied with 55 names at #1,421; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.