Boys' name · since 2013

Avaan

68 babies named Avaan in U.S. Social Security records since 2013, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#19,990 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#11,578 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
68
born since 2013
2020s
peak decade

Yes -- Avaan is the #11578 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 68 recorded since 2013.

Avaan has 68 recorded births among boys since 2013, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11578 as of the latest data, more common than 17% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2013 to 2025.

  • #19,990 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #11,578 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 68 born since 2013
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Avaan ranks #19,990 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,578 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 68 born since 2013, peaking in the 2020s.

#19,990 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#11,578 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
68
born since 2013
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%16.8%
Avaan vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Avaan's 68 recorded births place it above 55.85% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Avaan compares

68 20th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Avaan's all-time total is 82% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Avaan Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 68 369 358,536
Peak-year births 8 34 22,252

Avaan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Avaan's full recorded timeline at 2020, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2013, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Avaan popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2016)
8
Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
456789 20132016201720182019202020212022202320242025 6

Avaan by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (37 births, 54% of the file).

2020s was Avaan's strongest decade.

37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.

Avaan births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 37 births (54% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Avaan?
Since 2013, Social Security records show 68 babies named Avaan. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #19,990 of 45,481 boys' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #11,578 of 13,930 among boys. Its busiest year on record was 2016, with 8 births.
Where does Avaan sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Avaan ranks #19,990 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,578 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Avaan most popular?
Avaan was most popular in the 2020s decade with 37 total births. The single peak year was 2016.
How long has the name Avaan been used?
Avaan has been recorded in Social Security data since 2013, spanning 13 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Avaan?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Avan, Avante, Avant, Ava, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Avaan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2013–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Avaan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.