Girls' name · since 2002
Avelyn
Avelyn has 1,092 recorded births since 2002 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,063 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,694 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,092
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Avelyn currently ranks #3694 among girls' names in America, with 1,092 babies recorded since 2002.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Avelyn has been recorded 1,092 times among girls since 2002, currently ranked #3694 nationally and more common than 79% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #7,063 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,694 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,092 born since 2002
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Avelyn ranks #7,063 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,694 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,092 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.
- #7,063 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,694 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,092
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Avelyn's 1,092 recorded births place it above 90.23% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
11 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Avelyn compares
1,092 Top 31% higher than 69% 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
Avelyn's all-time total is 190% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Avelyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,092 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 91 | 21 | 19,840 |
Avelyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Avelyn's full recorded timeline at 2014, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 91 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Avelyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 91
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Avelyn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (673 births, 62% of the file).
2010s was Avelyn's strongest decade.
673 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Avelyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 165
2000s
165 births
- 2010s
2010s
673 births
- 2020s 254
2020s
254 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 673 births (62% of all-time use).
How Avelyn 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 Avelyn's total volume
Avelyn by state
Where Avelyn concentrates geographically, total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 82 | 7.5% |
| #2 | California | | 62 | 5.7% |
| #3 | Washington | | 20 | 1.8% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 19 | 1.7% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 11 | 1.0% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 10 | 0.9% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 10 | 0.9% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 10 | 0.9% |
82 of 1,092 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Avelyn appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Avelyn's data
- Avelyn's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (673 total births) through the 2020s (254) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Avelyns (82 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Avelyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~23 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, 2002–2025 (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 Avelyn 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.