Girls' name · since 1975
Avani
Since 1975, U.S. Social Security records show 4,246 babies named Avani, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #2,868 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #806 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,246
- born since 1975
- 2020s
- peak decade
4,246 babies have been named Avani since 1975, making it today's #806 girls' name.
Avani has 4,246 recorded births among girls since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #806 as of the latest data, more common than 95% of girls, 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 1975 to 2025.
- #2,868 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #806 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,246 born since 1975
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Avani ranks #2,868 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #806 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,246 born since 1975, peaking in the 2020s.
- #2,868 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #806 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,246
- born since 1975
- 2020s
- peak decade
Avani's 4,246 recorded births place it above 96.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
33 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Avani compares
4,246 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
Avani's all-time total is 11x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Avani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,246 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 339 | 21 | 19,840 |
Avani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Avani's full recorded timeline at 2001, 92% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 8% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1989, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 339 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Avani popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 339
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Avani popularity over time - boys
57 total births recorded since 2010 (Avani as boys' name)
Avani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,633 births, 38% of the file).
2020s was Avani's strongest decade.
1,633 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Avani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 45
1970s
45 births
- 1980s 92
1980s
92 births
- 1990s 160
1990s
160 births
- 2000s
2000s
851 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,465 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,633 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,633 births (38% of all-time use).
How Avani 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 Avani's total volume
Avani by state
Where Avani concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 630 | 14.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 433 | 10.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 243 | 5.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 208 | 4.9% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 182 | 4.3% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 147 | 3.5% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 138 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 93 | 2.2% |
630 of 4,246 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 33 reporting states.
Avani appears in 33 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Avanis (630 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Avani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1975–2025 (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 Avani 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.