Girls' name · since 1914
Avelina
1,804 babies named Avelina in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,051 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,441 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,804
- born since 1914
- 2010s
- peak decade
Avelina currently ranks #2441 among girls' names in America, with 1,804 babies recorded since 1914.
Avelina has 1,804 recorded births among girls since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2441 as of the latest data, more common than 86% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 2025.
- #5,051 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,441 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,804 born since 1914
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Avelina ranks #5,051 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,441 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,804 born since 1914, peaking in the 2010s.
- #5,051 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,441 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,804
- born since 1914
- 2010s
- peak decade
Avelina's 1,804 recorded births place it above 93.01% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Avelina compares
1,804 Top 24% higher than 76% 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
Avelina's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Avelina | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,804 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 73 | 21 | 19,840 |
Avelina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Avelina's SSA record in two at 1969 and the more recent half accounts for 70% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 30%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1914, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 73, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Avelina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 73
- Annual births at peak, across 112 years of records
Avelina by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (405 births, 22% of the file).
2010s was Avelina's strongest decade.
405 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Avelina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 40
1910s
40 births
- 1920s 123
1920s
123 births
- 1930s 122
1930s
122 births
- 1940s 109
1940s
109 births
- 1950s 95
1950s
95 births
- 1960s 62
1960s
62 births
- 1970s 71
1970s
71 births
- 1980s 96
1980s
96 births
- 1990s 119
1990s
119 births
- 2000s
2000s
243 births
- 2010s
2010s
405 births
- 2020s
2020s
319 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 405 births (22% of all-time use).
How Avelina 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 Avelina's total volume
Avelina by state
Where Avelina concentrates geographically, total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 309 | 17.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 169 | 9.4% |
| #3 | Florida | | 13 | 0.7% |
| #4 | New Mexico | | 10 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Colorado | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #7 | New York | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.3% |
309 of 1,804 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Avelina's data
- Avelina's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (405 total births) through the 2020s (319) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Avelinas (309 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 Avelina: 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 (~111 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, 1914–2025 (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 Avelina 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.