Girls' name · since 1962
Avella
Since 1962, U.S. Social Security records show 116 babies named Avella, peaking in 2020. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #25,482 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,963 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 116
- born since 1962
- 2020s
- peak decade
116 babies have been named Avella since 1962, making it today's #8963 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Avella has been recorded 116 times among girls since 1962, currently ranked #8963 nationally and more common than 48% 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 1962 to 2025.
- #25,482 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,963 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 116 born since 1962
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Avella ranks #25,482 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,963 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 116 born since 1962, peaking in the 2020s.
- #25,482 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,963 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 116
- born since 1962
- 2020s
- peak decade
Avella's 116 recorded births place it above 64.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Avella compares
116 27th percentile among 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
Avella's all-time total is 69% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Avella | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 116 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Avella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Avella's full recorded timeline at 2019, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1962, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2020 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Avella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Avella by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (61 births, 53% of the file).
2020s was Avella's strongest decade.
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Avella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
50 births
- 2020s
2020s
61 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 61 births (53% of all-time use).
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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, 1962–2025 (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 Avella 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.