Girls' name · since 1907
Avalon
Avalon has 4,213 recorded births since 1907 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,884 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,458 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,213
- born since 1907
- 2010s
- peak decade
4,213 babies have been named Avalon since 1907, making it today's #1458 girls' name.
Avalon has 4,213 recorded births among girls since 1907, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1458 as of the latest data, more common than 92% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1907 to 2025.
- #2,884 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,458 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,213 born since 1907
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Avalon ranks #2,884 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,458 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,213 born since 1907, peaking in the 2010s.
- #2,884 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,458 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,213
- born since 1907
- 2010s
- peak decade
Avalon's 4,213 recorded births place it above 96.01% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
24 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Avalon compares
4,213 Top 15% higher than 85% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Avalon's all-time total is 11x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Avalon | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,213 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 158 | 21 | 19,840 |
Avalon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Avalon's full recorded timeline at 1986, 89% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 11% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1907, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2014 peak of 158 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Avalon popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1907–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 158
- Annual births at peak, across 119 years of records
Avalon popularity over time - boys
69 total births recorded since 1990 (Avalon as boys' name)
Avalon by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (1,332 births, 32% of the file).
2010s was Avalon's strongest decade.
1,332 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Avalon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s 26
1910s
26 births
- 1920s 194
1920s
194 births
- 1930s 133
1930s
133 births
- 1940s 34
1940s
34 births
- 1950s 43
1950s
43 births
- 1980s 123
1980s
123 births
- 1990s 465
1990s
465 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,085 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,332 births
- 2020s
2020s
773 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 1,332 births (32% of all-time use).
How Avalon compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Avalon's total volume
Avalon by state
Where Avalon concentrates geographically, total births since 1907
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 818 | 19.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 155 | 3.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 118 | 2.8% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 88 | 2.1% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 88 | 2.1% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 74 | 1.8% |
| #7 | Washington | | 69 | 1.6% |
| #8 | Colorado | | 57 | 1.4% |
818 of 4,213 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 24 reporting states.
Avalon appears in 24 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Avalon's data
- Avalon's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (1,332 total births) through the 2020s (773) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Avalons (818 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Avalon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~118 yrs)
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, 1907–2025 (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 Avalon 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.