Avey — girls' name
167 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.
54% of everyone ever named Avey was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Avey in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Avey
The Social Security Administration has registered 167 babies named Avey between 2001 and 2023, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Avey currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Avey performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 90 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Avey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Avey 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 167 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.
Avey at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Avey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2001
- Peak year (2008)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
167 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 14 births in a single year.
Avey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 90 births that decade — 54% of Avey's all-time total
Avey decade highlights
- Peak decade 90 births
- Runner-up 50 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Avey's strongest decade
90 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% 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, 2001–2023 (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.