Girls' name · since 2000
Avaya
Avaya has 1,882 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,879 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,366 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,882
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
1,882 babies have been named Avaya since 2000, making it today's #1366 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Avaya has been recorded 1,882 times among girls since 2000, currently ranked #1366 nationally and more common than 92% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #4,879 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,366 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,882 born since 2000
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Avaya ranks #4,879 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,366 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,882 born since 2000, peaking in the 2020s.
- #4,879 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,366 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,882
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
Avaya's 1,882 recorded births place it above 93.25% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
23 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Avaya compares
1,882 Top 23% higher than 77% 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
Avaya's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Avaya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,882 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 162 | 21 | 19,840 |
Avaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Avaya's full recorded timeline at 2013, 80% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 20% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2000, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 162 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Avaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 162
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Avaya by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (848 births, 45% of the file).
2020s was Avaya's strongest decade.
848 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Avaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 196
2000s
196 births
- 2010s
2010s
838 births
- 2020s
2020s
848 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 848 births (45% of all-time use).
How Avaya 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 Avaya's total volume
Avaya by state
Where Avaya concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 142 | 7.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 111 | 5.9% |
| #3 | Florida | | 97 | 5.2% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 85 | 4.5% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 50 | 2.7% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 39 | 2.1% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 35 | 1.9% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 33 | 1.8% |
142 of 1,882 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 23 reporting states.
Avaya appears in 23 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Avaya's data
- California records the most Avayas (142 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Avaya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~25 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, 2000–2025 (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 Avaya 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.