Avi
#6,838 for girls in 2025, 16 births · #832 for boys in 2025, 297 births
Given to boys 87.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2022 · 366 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,087since 1949
Avi 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,838 | 16 | #832 | 297 |
| 2024 | #4,893 | 27 | #842 | 290 |
| 2023 | #3,428 | 46 | #747 | 349 |
| 2022 | #2,856 | 59 | #720 | 366 |
| 2021 | #3,614 | 42 | #786 | 313 |
| 2020 | #3,221 | 48 | #916 | 244 |
| 2019 | #4,006 | 36 | #1,047 | 196 |
| 2018 | #3,245 | 49 | #924 | 230 |
| 2017 | #3,769 | 40 | #974 | 212 |
| 2016 | #4,250 | 34 | #946 | 220 |
| 2015 | #3,989 | 37 | #939 | 224 |
| 2014 | #4,269 | 34 | #1,057 | 187 |
| 2013 | #5,143 | 26 | #1,043 | 184 |
| 2012 | #4,047 | 37 | #1,060 | 179 |
| 2011 | #3,999 | 37 | #1,116 | 165 |
| 2010 | #3,889 | 39 | #1,323 | 129 |
| 2009 | #4,269 | 35 | #1,290 | 136 |
| 2008 | #4,882 | 30 | #1,251 | 139 |
| 2007 | #4,567 | 32 | #1,223 | 144 |
| 2006 | #5,709 | 23 | #1,306 | 126 |
| 2005 | #6,528 | 18 | #1,381 | 108 |
| 2004 | #5,744 | 21 | #1,367 | 106 |
| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 | #1,430 | 92 |
| 2002 | #7,444 | 14 | #1,384 | 95 |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | #1,460 | 84 |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | #1,391 | 90 |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | #1,733 | 59 |
| 1998 | — | #1,987 | 48 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,991 | 45 | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #1,986 | 44 |
| 1995 | — | #2,346 | 33 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,795 | 48 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,209 | 35 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,128 | 36 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,983 | 38 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,968 | 38 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,793 | 42 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,706 | 41 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,684 | 40 | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #2,096 | 27 |
| 1985 | — | #1,544 | 42 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,098 | 25 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,470 | 42 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,815 | 31 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,766 | 32 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,765 | 32 | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #1,788 | 31 |
| 1978 | — | #1,570 | 36 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,367 | 44 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,828 | 27 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,630 | 31 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,129 | 20 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,464 | 34 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,534 | 14 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,126 | 19 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,509 | 14 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,130 | 16 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,311 | 13 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,611 | 10 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,986 | 8 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,982 | 8 | |
| 1964 | — | #3,601 | 6 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,646 | 6 | |
| 1962 | — | #4,033 | 5 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,097 | 8 | |
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| 1959 | — | #3,037 | 8 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,033 | 8 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,552 | 6 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,263 | 13 | |
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| 1954 | — | #3,176 | 7 | |
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| 1950 | — | #3,021 | 7 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,690 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Avi! It came in at #3,690, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1951–1953, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Avi is popular in 2011
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Connecticut#444 · 1 in 2,925
- New Jersey#526 · 1 in 3,534
- New York#528 · 1 in 3,730
- Illinois#706 · 1 in 5,213
- California#736 · 1 in 6,775
Best ever in a state: #159 in District of Columbia, 2021.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | #444 | 5 | 1 in 2,925 |
| New Jersey | #526 | 12 | 1 in 3,534 |
| New York | #528 | 28 | 1 in 3,730 |
| Illinois | #706 | 13 | 1 in 5,213 |
| California | #736 | 34 | 1 in 6,775 |
| Arizona | #762 | 6 | 1 in 6,112 |
| Missouri | #807 | 5 | 1 in 6,474 |
| Virginia | #827 | 6 | 1 in 6,883 |
| Pennsylvania | #902 | 7 | 1 in 8,697 |
| Ohio | #1,137 | 5 | 1 in 11,940 |
| Texas | #1,796 | 7 | 1 in 25,006 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Avi
- 10 spots since 2024 (#842 → #832)
- 84 spots since 2020 (#916 → #832)
- 107 spots since 2015 (#939 → #832)
- Biggest jump: 131 spots in 2020 (#1,047 → #916)
- Biggest drop: 123 spots in 2019 (#924 → #1,047)
- Debuted 1949
- Peaked 2022 at #720 (366 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 2020–2025
- Highest: 1 in 4,771 boys born in 2022 were named Avi (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,751 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 31.6% of all boys named Avi (1,926) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #3,690 (1949) | #3,690 |
| 1950s | 49 | #2,263 (1956) | #3,014 |
| 1960s | 80 | #2,130 (1969) | #3,044 |
| 1970s | 270 | #1,367 (1977) | #1,895 |
| 1980s | 354 | #1,470 (1983) | #1,774 |
| 1990s | 424 | #1,733 (1999) | #2,013 |
| 2000s | 1,120 | #1,223 (2007) | #1,348 |
| 2010s | 1,926 | #924 (2018) | #1,043 |
| 2020s | 1,859 | #720 (2022) | #807 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Avi in 2011
Top girls' names in 2011
Top boys' names in 2011
More about 2011
girls
1,759,066 girls got a published name in 2011; 1 in 47,542 of them was named Avi, which outranked 79.6% of the 19,590 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,916Tyonna38
- #3,916Yareni38
- #3,916Zamira38
- #3,999Avi37
- #3,999Akilah37
- #3,999Alayiah37
- #3,999Alizah37
- #4,072Abbagail36
- #4,072Adelynne36
- #4,072Adryanna36
Tied with 72 names at #3,999; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,899,252 boys got a published name in 2011; 1 in 11,511 of them was named Avi, which outranked 92.2% of the 14,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.