Avelyn — #4011 US girls' name
1,051 babies named Avelyn in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 77% of names given to girls today.
64% of everyone ever named Avelyn was born in this single decade.
91 babies were named Avelyn in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Avelyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,051 babies named Avelyn between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Avelyn currently holds the #4011 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 91 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Avelyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 673 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Avelyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 77 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Washington. In total, SSA state-level files list Avelyn in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Avelyn 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 1,051 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.
Avelyn at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Avelyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2002
- Peak year (2016)
- 91
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
Currently ranks #4011 among girls.
1,051 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 91 births in a single year.
Avelyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 673 births that decade — 64% of Avelyn's all-time total
Avelyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 673 births
- Runner-up 213 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Avelyn's strongest decade
673 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 64% of all-time use.
Avelyn by state
Where Avelyn concentrates geographically — total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 77 | 7.3% |
| #2 | California | | 62 | 5.9% |
| #3 | Washington | | 20 | 1.9% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 19 | 1.8% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 11 | 1.0% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 10 | 1.0% |
77 of 1,051 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 7.3% of nationwide
- California 5.9% of nationwide
- Washington 1.9% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 1.8% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 11 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 7.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Avelyn appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2002–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.