Avante — #9257 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Avante

The Social Security Administration has registered 796 babies named Avante between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Avante currently holds the #9257 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 83 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Avante performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 453 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Avante 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 Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Avante in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Avante 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 796 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.