Averell — boys' name
21 babies named Averell in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 1957. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
52% of everyone ever named Averell was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Averell in 1957 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Averell
The Social Security Administration has registered 21 babies named Averell between 1956 and 1998, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Averell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Averell performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Averell shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Averell 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 21 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.
Averell at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Averell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1956
- Peak year (1957)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
21 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1957 with 6 births in a single year.
Averell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 11 births that decade — 52% of Averell's all-time total
Averell decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Averell's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% 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, 1956–1998 (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.