Girls' name · since 1914
Avenell
Avenell has 137 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1925 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,683 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 137
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Avenell sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 137 recorded since 1914.
Avenell has 137 recorded births among girls since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 1942.
- #23,683 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 137 born since 1914
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Avenell ranks #23,683 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 137 born since 1914, peaking in the 1920s.
- #23,683 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 137
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Avenell's 137 recorded births place it above 67.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Avenell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Avenell splits its recorded history at 1927: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1914 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1925 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Avenell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1942
- Peak year (1925)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Avenell by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (76 births, 55% of the file).
1920s was Avenell's strongest decade.
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Avenell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 16
1910s
16 births
- 1920s
1920s
76 births
- 1930s 29
1930s
29 births
- 1940s 16
1940s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 76 births (55% of all-time use).
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- Avenell's decade-level peak was the 1920s (76 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 1940s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Avenell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1925)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1914–1942 (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 Avenell 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.