Avenir — #3946 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Avenir

The Social Security Administration has registered 425 babies named Avenir between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Avenir currently holds the #3946 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 36 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Avenir performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 239 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Avenir shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Washington, which accounts for 83 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Oregon. In total, SSA state-level files list Avenir in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Avenir 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 425 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.