Avant — #9147 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Avant

The Social Security Administration has registered 637 babies named Avant between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Avant currently holds the #9147 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 58 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Avant performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 366 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Avant shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 26 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Avant in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Avant in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 637 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.