Avera — #14578 US girls' name
57 babies named Avera in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 17% of names given to girls today.
56% of everyone ever named Avera was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Avera in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Avera
The Social Security Administration has registered 57 babies named Avera between 2009 and 2024, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Avera currently holds the #14578 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Avera performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 32 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Avera shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Avera 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 57 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.
Avera at a glance
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Current rank
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Avera popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2009
- Peak year (2020)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
Currently ranks #14578 among girls.
57 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 9 births in a single year.
Avera by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 32 births that decade — 56% of Avera's all-time total
Avera decade highlights
- Peak decade 32 births
- Runner-up 20 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Avera's strongest decade
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% of all-time use.
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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, 2009–2024 (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.