Avery
#37 for girls in 2025, 5,267 births · #291 for boys in 2025, 1,156 births
Given to girls 71.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2013 · 9,185 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 23 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 170,006since 1890
Avery 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 | #37 | 5,267 | #291 | 1,156 |
| 2024 | #31 | 5,658 | #259 | 1,353 |
| 2023 | #29 | 5,879 | #241 | 1,462 |
| 2022 | #26 | 6,251 | #221 | 1,663 |
| 2021 | #19 | 6,815 | #210 | 1,808 |
| 2020 | #19 | 6,747 | #211 | 1,794 |
| 2019 | #18 | 7,350 | #204 | 1,934 |
| 2018 | #16 | 8,099 | #190 | 2,117 |
| 2017 | #14 | 8,237 | #181 | 2,200 |
| 2016 | #16 | 8,774 | #188 | 2,125 |
| 2015 | #16 | 9,356 | #188 | 2,218 |
| 2014 | #14 | 9,578 | #186 | 2,283 |
| 2013 | #12 | 9,185 | #196 | 2,052 |
| 2012 | #13 | 8,319 | #187 | 2,019 |
| 2011 | #18 | 7,346 | #201 | 1,792 |
| 2010 | #23 | 6,677 | #211 | 1,697 |
| 2009 | #32 | 6,301 | #223 | 1,633 |
| 2008 | #38 | 5,829 | #216 | 1,748 |
| 2007 | #48 | 5,386 | #221 | 1,742 |
| 2006 | #52 | 5,254 | #211 | 1,794 |
| 2005 | #67 | 4,654 | #215 | 1,662 |
| 2004 | #77 | 4,044 | #225 | 1,523 |
| 2003 | #89 | 3,687 | #219 | 1,596 |
| 2002 | #132 | 2,589 | #245 | 1,387 |
| 2001 | #152 | 2,131 | #242 | 1,401 |
| 2000 | #176 | 1,831 | #245 | 1,370 |
| 1999 | #206 | 1,491 | #236 | 1,368 |
| 1998 | #246 | 1,242 | #247 | 1,237 |
| 1997 | #312 | 937 | #250 | 1,173 |
| 1996 | #486 | 492 | #251 | 1,180 |
| 1995 | #465 | 542 | #241 | 1,195 |
| 1994 | #484 | 518 | #259 | 1,117 |
| 1993 | #529 | 453 | #297 | 933 |
| 1992 | #543 | 433 | #462 | 469 |
| 1991 | #648 | 339 | #494 | 400 |
| 1990 | #802 | 250 | #492 | 387 |
| 1989 | #960 | 181 | #436 | 469 |
| 1988 | #1,028 | 157 | #484 | 362 |
| 1987 | #1,257 | 112 | #459 | 376 |
| 1986 | #1,304 | 102 | #531 | 279 |
| 1985 | #1,458 | 85 | #546 | 259 |
| 1984 | #1,633 | 67 | #584 | 209 |
| 1983 | #1,531 | 73 | #539 | 243 |
| 1982 | #1,653 | 69 | #586 | 217 |
| 1981 | #1,887 | 57 | #556 | 235 |
| 1980 | #2,096 | 49 | #570 | 229 |
| 1979 | #1,917 | 54 | #593 | 207 |
| 1978 | #2,269 | 40 | #559 | 224 |
| 1977 | #2,162 | 43 | #588 | 205 |
| 1976 | #2,292 | 36 | #526 | 235 |
| 1975 | #2,565 | 30 | #544 | 218 |
| 1974 | #2,683 | 27 | #600 | 178 |
| 1973 | #2,689 | 26 | #552 | 204 |
| 1972 | #2,903 | 23 | #607 | 169 |
| 1971 | #3,166 | 21 | #645 | 162 |
| 1970 | #3,435 | 18 | #621 | 171 |
| 1969 | #2,917 | 21 | #644 | 151 |
| 1968 | #2,874 | 20 | #612 | 155 |
| 1967 | #3,656 | 13 | #564 | 177 |
| 1966 | #3,266 | 15 | #554 | 192 |
| 1965 | #3,549 | 13 | #537 | 206 |
| 1964 | #3,108 | 17 | #581 | 185 |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 | #588 | 180 |
| 1962 | #2,814 | 19 | #571 | 188 |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 | #583 | 184 |
| 1960 | #2,512 | 23 | #567 | 189 |
| 1959 | #3,436 | 13 | #565 | 191 |
| 1958 | #2,260 | 25 | #591 | 171 |
| 1957 | #2,926 | 16 | #611 | 158 |
| 1956 | #2,725 | 18 | #640 | 140 |
| 1955 | #2,341 | 22 | #632 | 138 |
| 1954 | #3,019 | 14 | #651 | 125 |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 | #744 | 92 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | #746 | 89 |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 | #785 | 80 |
| 1950 | #2,436 | 17 | #761 | 81 |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 | #905 | 58 |
| 1948 | #2,974 | 12 | #774 | 77 |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 | #715 | 92 |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #753 | 77 |
| 1945 | #2,458 | 13 | #676 | 79 |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 | #774 | 65 |
| 1943 | #1,900 | 21 | #740 | 76 |
| 1942 | #2,537 | 13 | #705 | 82 |
| 1941 | #2,668 | 11 | #733 | 71 |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 | #653 | 85 |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | #811 | 56 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 | #672 | 80 |
| 1937 | — | #742 | 67 | |
| 1936 | #2,153 | 14 | #747 | 65 |
| 1935 | #2,731 | 10 | #771 | 64 |
| 1934 | #2,567 | 11 | #606 | 95 |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 | #606 | 92 |
| 1932 | — | #632 | 89 | |
| 1931 | #2,581 | 11 | #697 | 75 |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | #599 | 103 |
| 1929 | #2,301 | 14 | #599 | 102 |
| 1928 | #2,284 | 15 | #636 | 95 |
| 1927 | #2,433 | 14 | #601 | 107 |
| 1926 | #1,932 | 20 | #631 | 99 |
| 1925 | #2,778 | 12 | #628 | 101 |
| 1924 | #2,809 | 12 | #577 | 123 |
| 1923 | #2,465 | 14 | #600 | 111 |
| 1922 | #2,387 | 15 | #551 | 131 |
| 1921 | #2,048 | 19 | #570 | 123 |
| 1920 | #2,263 | 16 | #587 | 113 |
| 1919 | #1,855 | 20 | #564 | 112 |
| 1918 | #2,029 | 18 | #552 | 118 |
| 1917 | #3,092 | 9 | #544 | 115 |
| 1916 | #2,498 | 12 | #555 | 106 |
| 1915 | — | #493 | 125 | |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 | #512 | 91 |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 | #531 | 66 |
| 1912 | #1,981 | 9 | #515 | 58 |
| 1911 | — | #667 | 22 | |
| 1910 | #1,521 | 10 | #634 | 21 |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | #653 | 17 |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 | #522 | 23 |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 | #616 | 17 |
| 1906 | — | #568 | 17 | |
| 1905 | — | #477 | 22 | |
| 1904 | — | #515 | 18 | |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | #619 | 13 |
| 1902 | #1,438 | 7 | #507 | 18 |
| 1901 | — | #433 | 19 | |
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 | #743 | 12 |
| 1899 | — | #457 | 17 | |
| 1898 | — | #543 | 15 | |
| 1897 | — | #411 | 21 | |
| 1896 | — | #438 | 20 | |
| 1895 | — | #437 | 20 | |
| 1894 | — | #464 | 18 | |
| 1893 | — | #419 | 19 | |
| 1892 | — | #458 | 18 | |
| 1891 | — | #635 | 9 | |
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 | #434 | 17 |
| 1889 | — | #673 | 9 | |
| 1888 | — | #554 | 13 | |
| 1887 | — | #461 | 14 | |
| 1886 | — | #845 | 6 | |
| 1885 | — | #547 | 12 | |
| 1884 | — | #468 | 16 | |
| 1883 | — | #479 | 14 | |
| 1882 | — | #489 | 14 | |
| 1881 | — | #324 | 25 | |
| 1880 | — | #640 | 9 | |
The first year at least five girls were named Avery! It came in at #1,210, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1891–1899, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Avery
- 6 spots since 2024 (#31 → #37)
- 18 spots since 2020 (#19 → #37)
- 21 spots since 2015 (#16 → #37)
- Biggest jump: 174 spots in 1997 (#486 → #312)
- Biggest drop: 21 spots in 1996 (#465 → #486)
- Debuted 1890
- Peaked 2013 at #12 (9,185 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 23 yrs · run 2003–2025
- Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1989–2025
- Highest: 1 in 187 girls born in 2014 were named Avery (0.54%)
- Latest: 1 in 305 girls born in 2025 (0.33%)
- Its best rank, #12 in 2013, was only 1 in 191 (0.52%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 48.8% of all girls named Avery (82,921) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1997, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | #1,210 (1890) | #1,210 |
| 1900s | 37 | #1,438 (1902) | #1,740 |
| 1910s | 93 | #1,521 (1910) | #2,273 |
| 1920s | 151 | #1,932 (1926) | #2,370 |
| 1930s | 79 | #2,153 (1936) | #2,830 |
| 1940s | 112 | #1,900 (1943) | #3,039 |
| 1950s | 149 | #2,260 (1958) | #3,175 |
| 1960s | 168 | #2,512 (1960) | #3,203 |
| 1970s | 318 | #1,917 (1979) | #2,608 |
| 1980s | 952 | #960 (1989) | #1,481 |
| 1990s | 6,697 | #206 (1999) | #472 |
| 2000s | 41,706 | #32 (2009) | #86 |
| 2010s | 82,921 | #12 (2013) | #16 |
| 2020s | 36,617 | #19 (2021) | #27 |
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.
Avery in 1994
Top girls' names in 1994
Top boys' names in 1994
More about 1994
girls
1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 3,447 of them was named Avery, which outranked 96.9% of the 15,759 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,932,031 boys got a published name in 1994; 1 in 1,730 of them was named Avery, which outranked 97.5% of the 10,245 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.