Avon
Last seen for girls in 1992 at #13,317 · #5,208 for boys in 2025, 18 births
Given to boys 70.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1893 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,641since 1893
Avon 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 | — | #5,208 | 18 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,241 | 18 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,255 | 18 | |
| 2022 | — | #4,850 | 20 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,628 | 21 | |
| 2020 | — | #6,296 | 13 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,951 | 19 | |
| 2018 | — | #8,154 | 9 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,297 | 17 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,053 | 14 | |
| 2015 | — | #8,040 | 9 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,733 | 15 | |
| 2013 | — | #6,603 | 12 | |
| 2012 | — | #5,720 | 15 | |
| 2011 | — | #12,287 | 5 | |
| 2010 | — | #6,698 | 12 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,800 | 15 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,763 | 12 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,901 | 14 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,460 | 12 | |
| 2005 | — | #9,115 | 7 | |
| 2004 | — | #8,143 | 8 | |
| 2003 | — | #9,581 | 6 | |
| 2002 | — | #10,667 | 5 | |
| 2001 | — | #7,536 | 8 | |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | #9,912 | 5 | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | #7,281 | 7 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,971 | 6 | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | #7,770 | 6 | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #5,660 | 9 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | #4,811 | 10 | |
| 1988 | — | #7,270 | 5 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,959 | 11 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,882 | 11 | |
| 1985 | — | #5,785 | 6 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,459 | 12 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,884 | 10 | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #3,615 | 11 |
| 1979 | — | #4,842 | 7 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,857 | 9 | |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | — | #4,418 | 7 | |
| 1975 | — | #5,464 | 5 | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #2,358 | 17 |
| 1973 | — | #3,694 | 8 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,441 | 6 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,558 | 14 | |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | #3,282 | 9 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #2,861 | 10 |
| 1968 | — | #3,673 | 6 | |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | #2,611 | 10 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #2,627 | 10 |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
| 1963 | #3,801 | 12 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1962 | — | #2,848 | 9 | |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | #2,148 | 15 |
| 1960 | #2,989 | 17 | #1,772 | 21 |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | #1,896 | 18 |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | #2,494 | 11 |
| 1956 | #2,826 | 17 | #1,532 | 26 |
| 1955 | #2,280 | 23 | #1,725 | 20 |
| 1954 | #2,695 | 17 | #1,887 | 17 |
| 1953 | #2,173 | 23 | #1,630 | 22 |
| 1952 | #2,671 | 16 | #1,485 | 26 |
| 1951 | #2,474 | 17 | #1,462 | 26 |
| 1950 | #2,185 | 20 | #1,701 | 19 |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 | #1,462 | 25 |
| 1948 | #2,416 | 17 | #1,346 | 29 |
| 1947 | #2,448 | 17 | #1,599 | 22 |
| 1946 | #2,597 | 14 | #1,642 | 19 |
| 1945 | #2,742 | 11 | #1,406 | 22 |
| 1944 | #2,762 | 11 | #1,483 | 21 |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 | #1,986 | 14 |
| 1942 | #2,117 | 17 | #1,467 | 23 |
| 1941 | #1,696 | 22 | #1,633 | 18 |
| 1940 | #1,965 | 17 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 | #1,194 | 30 |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 | #1,689 | 17 |
| 1937 | #2,101 | 15 | #1,403 | 23 |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 | #1,384 | 23 |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 | #1,757 | 16 |
| 1934 | #1,913 | 17 | #1,498 | 21 |
| 1933 | #2,052 | 15 | #1,230 | 29 |
| 1932 | #3,047 | 9 | #1,548 | 21 |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 | #1,843 | 16 |
| 1930 | #2,690 | 11 | #1,821 | 17 |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | #1,611 | 21 |
| 1928 | #2,497 | 13 | #1,902 | 17 |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 | #2,034 | 16 |
| 1926 | #2,569 | 13 | #1,331 | 30 |
| 1925 | #2,191 | 17 | #1,534 | 24 |
| 1924 | #1,872 | 22 | #1,964 | 17 |
| 1923 | #2,732 | 12 | #1,502 | 25 |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 | #1,545 | 24 |
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 | #1,296 | 32 |
| 1920 | #2,172 | 17 | #1,592 | 23 |
| 1919 | #2,384 | 14 | #1,408 | 26 |
| 1918 | #2,822 | 11 | #1,905 | 17 |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #1,900 | 16 |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 | #2,543 | 10 |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | #1,707 | 17 |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | #1,441 | 18 |
| 1913 | — | #2,496 | 6 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #1,113 | 7 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #907 | 6 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Avon! It came in at #907, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1894–1907, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Avon
- 33 spots since 2024 (#5,241 → #5,208)
- 1,088 spots since 2020 (#6,296 → #5,208)
- 2,832 spots since 2015 (#8,040 → #5,208)
- Debuted 1893
- Peaked 1893 at #907 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1894, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1893
- Highest: 1 in 18,720 boys born in 1893 were named Avon (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 94,893 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 14.0% of all boys named Avon (229) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1991, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | #907 (1893) | #907 |
| 1900s | 22 | #1,113 (1908) | #1,172 |
| 1910s | 115 | #1,408 (1919) | #1,993 |
| 1920s | 229 | #1,296 (1921) | #1,631 |
| 1930s | 213 | #1,194 (1939) | #1,537 |
| 1940s | 211 | #1,346 (1948) | #1,565 |
| 1950s | 199 | #1,462 (1951) | #1,801 |
| 1960s | 111 | #1,772 (1960) | #2,660 |
| 1970s | 87 | #2,358 (1974) | #4,076 |
| 1980s | 88 | #3,459 (1984) | #4,793 |
| 1990s | 38 | #5,660 (1992) | #7,805 |
| 2000s | 87 | #5,800 (2009) | #7,774 |
| 2010s | 127 | #4,951 (2019) | #6,954 |
| 2020s | 108 | #4,628 (2021) | #5,246 |
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.
Avon in 1961
Top girls' names in 1961
Top boys' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 336,416 of them was named Avon, which outranked 22.3% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,309Zettie7
- #5,309Zondra7
- #5,309Zula7
- #5,851Avon6
- #5,851Adeena6
- #5,851Adraine6
- #5,851Adrina6
- #6,567Abelina5
- #6,567Abigale5
- #6,567Adline5
Tied with 715 names at #5,851; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 141,613 of them was named Avon, which outranked 53.9% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,070York16
- #2,070Young16
- #2,070Yvonne16
- #2,148Avon15
- #2,148Ardell15
- #2,148Arlo15
- #2,148Arvid15
- #2,242Aldon14
- #2,242Andrei14
- #2,242Arland14
Tied with 93 names at #2,148; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.