Girls' name · since 2004
Avena
Avena has 85 recorded births since 2004 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,914 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,534 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 85
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
Avena currently ranks #11534 among girls' names in America, with 85 babies recorded since 2004.
Social Security Administration records show Avena recorded 85 times among girls since 2004, holding rank #11534 nationally today, ahead of 33% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2025.
- #28,914 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,534 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 85 born since 2004
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Avena ranks #28,914 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,534 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 85 born since 2004, peaking in the 2020s.
- #28,914 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,534 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 85
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
Avena's 85 recorded births place it above 59.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Avena compares
85 22nd 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
Avena's all-time total is 77% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Avena | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 85 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Avena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Avena splits its recorded history at 2019: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2004 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Avena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Avena by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (40 births, 47% of the file).
2020s was Avena's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Avena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
35 births
- 2020s
2020s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 40 births (47% 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, 2004–2025 (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 Avena 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.