Avis

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
Given to girls 95.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
1912 · 358 births
Debut · girls
14 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
17,224
since 1880

Avis over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Avis has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201928peak #238, 1912girls
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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#13,2086
2024#8,94611
2023#8,05513#12,2395
2022#8,54212
2021#8,46412
2020#8,40612#9,5547
2019#11,3568#12,1455
2018#7,10016#7,13611
2017#7,84014
2016#11,7818#8,1469
2015#8,00814#10,6446
2014#10,9559#7,04811
2013#10,7286
2012#10,42910
2011
2010
2009#12,4298#12,4915
2008#9,47612#12,5535
2007#9,53912#10,9216
2006#15,1526
2005#8,88312#10,1516
2004#11,6248#11,3565
2003#12,4087
2002#12,1877
2001#12,0567
2000#9,8749
1999#11,3857
1998#8,01611
1997#8,33410#8,1106
1996#8,13210#7,9716
1995#5,67716#7,7926
1994#6,67213#5,8689
1993#5,95515
1992#5,71816#6,6707
1991#4,32923#5,09610
1990#4,00325#8,1175
1989#3,67327#4,81110
1988#3,58526#5,2008
1987#2,65737#4,23910
1986#3,13529#3,65312
1985#2,54538#5,7856
1984#3,23326#4,5528
1983#2,43338#3,63011
1982#2,11548#2,83116
1981#2,65734#3,60111
1980#2,24644#4,4958
1979#2,24843#3,16813
1978#2,01247#3,21512
1977#1,60966#3,8369
1976#1,51468#4,4187
1975#1,98644#3,42810
1974#1,80149#3,5589
1973#1,66654#3,01311
1972#1,51662#3,6228
1971#1,41574#3,6588
1970#1,27086#3,5218
1969#1,31774#2,86110
1968#1,26775#2,44512
1967#1,011103
1966#890127#2,21613
1965#922120#2,61710
1964#804169#3,0508
1963#762182#4,0485
1962#695219#2,8489
1961#707218#2,70610
1960#689217#3,3377
1959#683216
1958#636239
1957#611255
1956#553287#3,2167
1955#596239
1954#604225#3,8275
1953#606215#2,7099
1952#610204#2,25112
1951#675169
1950#703149
1949#757129#2,6069
1948#753128#3,6685
1947#672157#3,3706
1946#593180#3,1736
1945#667122#3,3385
1944#655128#3,4305
1943#699119#2,7328
1942#560175#1,94614
1941#559156#2,33310
1940#498193#2,32210
1939#495181#2,4499
1938#459215#3,1756
1937#448215#2,9057
1936#426231#2,4529
1935#411250#3,6455
1934#402263#2,7428
1933#397261#3,2686
1932#396270#1,99514
1931#396273#2,8648
1930#396294#2,07914
1929#370330#2,31712
1928#342387#2,65910
1927#347375#2,40812
1926#337386#2,07415
1925#337395#2,9369
1924#323430#2,34713
1923#316418#2,22414
1922#332386#2,04016
1921#330397#1,98017
1920#312438#2,23114
1919#343348#2,38512
1918#308429#4,1795
1917#317371#1,98615
1916#303391#3,8975
1915#306366#1,96814
1914#304293#2,9156
1913#268301#1,67611
1912#238358#2,2696
1911#318152
1910#44082
1909#41378
1908#45662
1907#37289
1906#42066
1905#38378
1904#36083
1903#46148
1902#39861
1901#48139
1900#44057
1899#44343
1898#48640
1897#45342
1896#45341
1895#47138
1894#41844
1893#44935
1892#40144
1891#44732
1890#44633
1889#43031
1888#51224
1887#53717
1886#47621
1885#42824
1884#46319
1883#53613
1882#6349
1881#8305
1880#44914
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Avis was already there! It came in at #449, and was given to 14 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2010–2011, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Avis
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 4,262 spots since 2024 (#8,946#13,208)
  • 4,802 spots since 2020 (#8,406#13,208)
  • 5,200 spots since 2015 (#8,008#13,208)
  • Biggest jump: 196 spots in 1882 (#830#634)
  • Biggest drop: 381 spots in 1881 (#449#830)
Rise & fade · girls
32 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1912 at #238 (358 births)
  • Births halved by 1941, 29 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 87 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 87 yrs · run 1880–1966
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,559
  • Highest: 1 in 1,559 girls born in 1912 were named Avis (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 22.9% of all girls named Avis (3,942) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s177#428 (1885)#530
1890s392#401 (1892)#447
1900s661#360 (1904)#418
1910s3,091#238 (1912)#315
1920s3,942#312 (1920)#335
1930s2,453#396 (1930)#423
1940s1,487#498 (1940)#641
1950s2,198#553 (1956)#628
1960s1,504#689 (1960)#906
1970s593#1,270 (1970)#1,704
1980s347#2,115 (1982)#2,828
1990s146#4,003 (1990)#6,822
2000s88#8,883 (2005)#11,363
2010s79#7,100 (2018)#9,638
2020s66#8,055 (2023)#9,270

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.

Avis in 1928

girls
#342
387 births · 1 in 2,980 girls
boys
#2,659
10 births · 1 in 110,761 boys

Top girls' names in 1928

  1. #1Mary66,871
  2. #2Betty36,083
  3. #3Dorothy33,733
  4. #4Helen22,937
  5. #5Margaret20,295
  6. #6Ruth17,859
  7. #7Doris16,575
  8. #8Barbara14,872
  9. #9Virginia14,500
  10. #10Shirley14,215
  11. #342Avis387

Top boys' names in 1928

  1. #1Robert60,701
  2. #2John53,760
  3. #3James52,752
  4. #4William49,118
  5. #5Charles31,243
  6. #6Richard28,793
  7. #7Donald25,704
  8. #8George24,391
  9. #9Joseph22,322
  10. #10Edward18,492
  11. #2,659Avis10
More about 1928

girls

1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 2,980 of them was named Avis, which outranked 93.7% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Avis
  1. #339Dolly390
  2. #339Polly390
  3. #341Pearlie388
  4. #342Avis387
  5. #342Dixie387
  6. #342Marianne387
  7. #345Ruthie385
  8. #346Dona381
  9. #347Consuelo379

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. 2,165Jeanine#3,053#888
  2. 1,368Joline#2,256#888
  3. 1,101Lorelei#2,095#994
  4. 1,063Jeannine#1,384#321
  5. 859Romona#1,456#597
Fallers
  1. 860Valencia#924#1,784
  2. 547Kazuko#955#1,502
  3. 386Matilde#924#1,310
  4. 368Glendora#747#1,115
  5. 366Hilma#924#1,290

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

boys

1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 110,761 of them was named Avis, which outranked 43.7% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Avis
  1. #2,522Ysabel11
  2. #2,522Yutaka11
  3. #2,522Zenon11
  4. #2,659Avis10
  5. #2,659Ada10
  6. #2,659Adger10
  7. #2,659Alban10
  8. #2,843Abie9
  9. #2,843Adams9
  10. #2,843Aime9

Tied with 183 names at #2,659; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. 1,009Fidencio#1,959#950
  2. 766Hoover#1,128#362
  3. 700Reyes#1,692#992
  4. 441Arlen#1,227#786
  5. 392Arland#1,372#980
Fallers
  1. 2,975Shoji#722#3,697
  2. 529Alvan#951#1,480
  3. 418Watson#964#1,382
  4. 412Judge#911#1,323
  5. 363Donato#990#1,353

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

See the top 100 for 1928