Avery
Avery is given to both girls and boys: 5,267 girls and 1,156 boys were given it in 2025 (#37 among girls’ names and #291 among boys’, #62 among all names counting both); 236,886 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026). Girls have outnumbered boys among babies named Avery every year since 1998.
An estimated 230,000 Americans named Avery and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (97% of everyone recorded); the median is 13 years old and half are between 8 and 20.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Avery by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Avery mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Avery is “a female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.” Its etymology gives the senses “elf” (ælf) and “counsel” (ræd).
Also “a male given name from Old French or transferred from the surname.”
From Anglo-Norman Averay, Auveray, Alverey, from Latin Alveredus, Aluredus, from Old English Ælfræd, from ælf (“elf”) and ræd (“counsel”). Doublet of Alfred.
/ˈeɪ.və.ɹi/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Avery?
#37 among girls’ names, 2025
Avery fell from #16 in 2015 to #37 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 5.2 to 3.3 per 1,000.
11,861 babies in 2014, the peak
Avery peaked in 2014, when 11,861 babies were given it (9,578 girls, #14 among girls’ names). The 6,423 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 54% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,267 | #37 | 1,156 | #291 |
| 2024 | 5,658 | #31 | 1,353 | #259 |
| 2023 | 5,879 | #29 | 1,462 | #241 |
| 2022 | 6,251 | #26 | 1,663 | #221 |
| 2021 | 6,815 | #19 | 1,808 | #210 |
| 2020 | 6,747 | #19 | 1,794 | #211 |
| 2019 | 7,350 | #18 | 1,934 | #204 |
| 2018 | 8,099 | #16 | 2,117 | #190 |
| 2017 | 8,237 | #14 | 2,200 | #181 |
| 2016 | 8,774 | #16 | 2,125 | #188 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 9,356 | #16 | 2,218 | #188 |
| 2014 | 9,578 | #14 | 2,283 | #186 |
| 2013 | 9,185 | #12 | 2,052 | #196 |
| 2012 | 8,319 | #13 | 2,019 | #187 |
| 2011 | 7,346 | #18 | 1,792 | #201 |
| 2010 | 6,677 | #23 | 1,697 | #211 |
| 2009 | 6,301 | #32 | 1,633 | #223 |
| 2008 | 5,829 | #38 | 1,748 | #216 |
| 2007 | 5,386 | #48 | 1,742 | #221 |
| 2006 | 5,254 | #52 | 1,794 | #211 |
| 2005 | 4,654 | #67 | 1,662 | #215 |
| 2004 | 4,044 | #77 | 1,523 | #225 |
| 2003 | 3,687 | #89 | 1,596 | #219 |
| 2002 | 2,589 | #132 | 1,387 | #245 |
| 2001 | 2,131 | #152 | 1,401 | #242 |
| 2000 | 1,831 | #176 | 1,370 | #245 |
| 1999 | 1,491 | #206 | 1,368 | #236 |
| 1998 | 1,242 | #246 | 1,237 | #247 |
| 1997 | 937 | #312 | 1,173 | #250 |
| 1996 | 492 | #486 | 1,180 | #251 |
| 1995 | 542 | #465 | 1,195 | #241 |
| 1994 | 518 | #484 | 1,117 | #259 |
| 1993 | 453 | #529 | 933 | #297 |
| 1992 | 433 | #543 | 469 | #462 |
| 1991 | 339 | #648 | 400 | #494 |
| 1990 | 250 | #802 | 387 | #491 |
| 1989 | 181 | #957 | 469 | #436 |
| 1988 | 157 | #1,027 | 362 | #484 |
| 1987 | 112 | #1,258 | 376 | #459 |
| 1986 | 102 | #1,305 | 279 | #531 |
| 1985 | 85 | #1,458 | 259 | #546 |
| 1984 | 67 | #1,636 | 209 | #584 |
| 1983 | 73 | #1,533 | 243 | #539 |
| 1982 | 69 | #1,654 | 217 | #586 |
| 1981 | 57 | #1,887 | 235 | #556 |
| 1980 | 49 | #2,098 | 229 | #570 |
| 1979 | 54 | #1,919 | 207 | #593 |
| 1978 | 40 | #2,271 | 224 | #559 |
| 1977 | 43 | #2,163 | 205 | #588 |
| 1976 | 36 | #2,297 | 235 | #526 |
| 1975 | 30 | #2,568 | 218 | #545 |
| 1974 | 27 | #2,685 | 178 | #600 |
| 1973 | 26 | #2,692 | 204 | #552 |
| 1972 | 23 | #2,909 | 169 | #607 |
| 1971 | 21 | #3,173 | 162 | #645 |
| 1970 | 18 | #3,442 | 171 | #621 |
| 1969 | 21 | #2,921 | 151 | #644 |
| 1968 | 20 | #2,879 | 155 | #612 |
| 1967 | 13 | #3,672 | 177 | #564 |
| 1966 | 15 | #3,273 | 192 | #554 |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,556 | 206 | #537 |
| 1964 | 17 | #3,116 | 185 | #581 |
| 1963 | 10 | #4,285 | 180 | #588 |
| 1962 | 19 | #2,821 | 188 | #571 |
| 1961 | 17 | #3,064 | 184 | #583 |
| 1960 | 23 | #2,517 | 189 | #566 |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,447 | 191 | #565 |
| 1958 | 25 | #2,265 | 171 | #590 |
| 1957 | 16 | #2,930 | 158 | #610 |
| 1956 | 18 | #2,726 | 140 | #639 |
| 1955 | 22 | #2,341 | 138 | #631 |
| 1954 | 14 | #3,028 | 125 | #650 |
| 1953 | 10 | #3,706 | 92 | #743 |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,951 | 89 | #746 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,039 | 80 | #784 |
| 1950 | 17 | #2,442 | 81 | #760 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,634 | 58 | #904 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,978 | 77 | #773 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,720 | 92 | #715 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,461 | 77 | #753 |
| 1945 | 13 | #2,472 | 79 | #677 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,395 | 65 | #774 |
| 1943 | 21 | #1,904 | 76 | #740 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,548 | 82 | #706 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,675 | 71 | #733 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,749 | 85 | #654 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,159 | 56 | #812 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,953 | 80 | #673 |
| 1937 | under 5 | 67 | #742 | |
| 1936 | 14 | #2,162 | 65 | #747 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,745 | 64 | #771 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,577 | 95 | #606 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,888 | 92 | #606 |
| 1932 | under 5 | 89 | #632 | |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,588 | 75 | #698 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,685 | 103 | #599 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,316 | 102 | #599 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,289 | 95 | #637 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,437 | 107 | #602 |
| 1926 | 20 | #1,938 | 99 | #631 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,791 | 101 | #629 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,823 | 123 | #577 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,477 | 111 | #600 |
| 1922 | 15 | #2,391 | 131 | #551 |
| 1921 | 19 | #2,052 | 123 | #570 |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,274 | 113 | #588 |
| 1919 | 20 | #1,862 | 112 | #564 |
| 1918 | 18 | #2,036 | 118 | #552 |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,117 | 115 | #545 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,510 | 106 | #555 |
| 1915 | under 5 | 125 | #493 | |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,917 | 91 | #513 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,352 | 66 | #531 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,993 | 58 | #516 |
| 1911 | under 5 | 22 | #670 | |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,529 | 21 | #637 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,784 | 17 | #658 |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,132 | 23 | #522 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,849 | 17 | #619 |
| 1906 | under 5 | 17 | #570 | |
| 1905 | under 5 | 22 | #481 | |
| 1904 | under 5 | 18 | #518 | |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,615 | 13 | #625 |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,456 | 18 | #510 |
| 1901 | under 5 | 19 | #433 | |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,740 | 12 | #746 |
| 1899 | under 5 | 17 | #458 | |
| 1898 | under 5 | 15 | #544 | |
| 1897 | under 5 | 21 | #413 | |
| 1896 | under 5 | 20 | #439 | |
| 1895 | under 5 | 20 | #437 | |
| 1894 | under 5 | 18 | #465 | |
| 1893 | under 5 | 19 | #419 | |
| 1892 | under 5 | 18 | #460 | |
| 1891 | under 5 | 9 | #644 | |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,222 | 17 | #435 |
| 1889 | under 5 | 9 | #678 | |
| 1888 | under 5 | 13 | #554 | |
| 1887 | under 5 | 14 | #461 | |
| 1886 | under 5 | 6 | #851 | |
| 1885 | under 5 | 12 | #550 | |
| 1884 | under 5 | 16 | #469 | |
| 1883 | under 5 | 14 | #483 | |
| 1882 | under 5 | 14 | #493 | |
| 1881 | under 5 | 25 | #324 | |
| 1880 | under 5 | 9 | #643 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Avery a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 236,886 Americans recorded as Avery, 72% are girls and 28% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Avery: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Avery, and how old are they?
230,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 97% of the 236,886 Americans ever recorded as Avery. The median Avery alive today is 13 years old; half are between 8 and 20.
The 2020 Census counted 175,333 people named Avery (127,304 women and girls, 48,029 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 187,194 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 319 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,940 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 3,150 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 11,800 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 91,800 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 121,000 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Avery born?
The states with the most babies named Avery are Texas, California and New York, with 25% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 629 | #38 | 1.0× |
| California | 600 | #48 | 0.7× |
| New York | 363 | #38 | 0.8× |
| Florida | 343 | #44 | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 282 | #23 | 1.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 264 | #27 | 0.9× |
| North Carolina | 246 | #38 | 1.2× |
| Illinois | 211 | #38 | 0.9× |
| Georgia | 210 | #43 | 1.1× |
| Virginia | 196 | #29 | 1.0× |
Where Avery is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Avery is most over-represented in Kansas: since 1910 it was given 1.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Avery with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 264,938 babies since 1880, Avery is the most given (89% of them). In 2025 it was given to 6,423 of their 7,144 babies (90%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Avery
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Avery and names like it
- Compare Avery and AverieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sAvery peaked in 2014.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Avery since 1910.
- The top names of 2014The year the most babies were named Avery.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Avery alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with AMost given first.