Boys' name · since 2002

Avantay

17 babies named Avantay in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#29,986 of 45,481
all-time among boys
17
born since 2002
2000s
peak decade

Avantay is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 17 have been recorded since 2002.

Avantay has 17 recorded births among boys since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, 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 2002 to 2005.

  • #29,986 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • 17 born since 2002
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Avantay ranks #29,986 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 2002, peaking in the 2000s.

#29,986 of 45,481
all-time among boys
17
born since 2002
2000s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Avantay's 17 recorded births place it above 32.96% 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.

Avantay's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Avantay's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 65% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 35%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2004, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2002 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Avantay popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2005

Last recorded 2005
Peak year (2002)
6
Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
4.555.566.5 200220042005 6

Avantay by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (17 births, 100% of the file).

2000s was Avantay's strongest decade.

17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.

Avantay births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 17 births (100% of all-time use).

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Avantay? ▼
Avantay has been given to 17 babies in the U.S. since 2002, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #29,986 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Its last appearance in the data was 2005. 6 babies were born in 2002, its single highest year.
Where does Avantay sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Avantay ranks #29,986 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Avantay most popular? ▼
Avantay was most popular in the 2000s decade with 17 total births. The single peak year was 2002.
How long has the name Avantay been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Avantay since 2002 -- 4 years through the most recent 2005 data.
What names are similar to Avantay? ▼
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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Two nationwide peer axes for Avantay: 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, 2002–2005 (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 Avantay 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.