Boys' name · since 1971
Avant
642 babies named Avant in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,796 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,324 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 642
- born since 1971
- 2000s
- peak decade
Avant currently ranks #12324 among boys' names in America, with 642 babies recorded since 1971.
Avant has 642 recorded births among boys since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12324 as of the latest data, more common than 12% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2025.
- #6,796 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,324 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 642 born since 1971
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Avant ranks #6,796 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,324 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 642 born since 1971, peaking in the 2000s.
- #6,796 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,324 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 642
- born since 1971
- 2000s
- peak decade
Avant's 642 recorded births place it above 85.03% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Avant compares
642 Top 39% higher than 61% of 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
Avant's all-time total is 74% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Avant | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 642 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 58 | 34 | 22,252 |
Avant's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Avant's full recorded timeline at 2012, 33% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 67% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2025, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2004 peak of 58 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Avant popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2025
- Peak year (2004)
- 58
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Avant by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (366 births, 57% of the file).
2000s was Avant's strongest decade.
366 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Avant births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
366 births
- 2010s
2010s
210 births
- 2020s 60
2020s
60 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 366 births (57% of all-time use).
How Avant compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Avant's total volume
Avant by state
Where Avant concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 26 | 4.0% |
| #2 | California | | 23 | 3.6% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 18 | 2.8% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 12 | 1.9% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 10 | 1.6% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 6 | 0.9% |
| #7 | Texas | | 6 | 0.9% |
| #8 | Florida | | 5 | 0.8% |
26 of 642 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Avant appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Avant's data
- Avant's decade-level peak was the 2000s (366 total births); usage has since declined to 60 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Avants (26 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Avant: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~54 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, 1971–2025 (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 Avant 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.