Girls' name · since 2001
Avey
173 babies named Avey in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,305 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,012 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 173
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
173 babies have been named Avey since 2001, making it today's #14012 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Avey has been recorded 173 times among girls since 2001, currently ranked #14012 nationally and more common than 19% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #21,305 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,012 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 173 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Avey ranks #21,305 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,012 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 173 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,305 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,012 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 173
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Avey's 173 recorded births place it above 70.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Avey compares
173 34th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Avey's all-time total is 54% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Avey | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 173 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Avey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Avey's full recorded timeline at 2014, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2001, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Avey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Avey by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (90 births, 52% of the file).
2010s was Avey's strongest decade.
90 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Avey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
50 births
- 2010s
2010s
90 births
- 2020s 33
2020s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 90 births (52% of all-time use).
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What to do with Avey's data
- Avey's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (90 total births) through the 2020s (33) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Avey: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~24 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, 2001–2025 (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 Avey 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.