Unisex name · since 1949
Avi
6,087 babies named Avi in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,572 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #833 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,087
- born since 1949
- 2010s
- peak decade
6,087 babies have been named Avi since 1949, making it today's #833 unisex name.
Avi has 6,087 recorded births among boys since 1949, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #833 as of the latest data, more common than 94% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1949 to 2025.
- #1,572 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #833 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 6,087 born since 1949
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Avi ranks #1,572 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #833 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 6,087 born since 1949, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,572 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #833 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,087
- born since 1949
- 2010s
- peak decade
Avi's 6,087 recorded births place it above 96.54% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
28 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Avi compares
6,087 Top 11% higher than 89% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Avi's all-time total is 16x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Avi | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,087 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 366 | 34 | 22,252 |
Avi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Avi's full recorded timeline at 1990, 88% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 12% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1949, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 366 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Avi popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 366
- Annual births at peak, across 77 years of records
Avi popularity over time - girls
834 total births recorded since 1979 (Avi as girls' name)
Avi by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (1,926 births, 32% of the file).
2010s was Avi's strongest decade.
1,926 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Avi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 49
1950s
49 births
- 1960s 80
1960s
80 births
- 1970s 270
1970s
270 births
- 1980s 354
1980s
354 births
- 1990s 424
1990s
424 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,120 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,926 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,859 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 1,926 births (32% of all-time use).
How Avi compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Avi's total volume
Avi by state
Where Avi concentrates geographically, total births since 1949
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 1,109 | 18.2% |
| #2 | California | | 771 | 12.7% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 454 | 7.5% |
| #4 | Texas | | 287 | 4.7% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 257 | 4.2% |
| #6 | Florida | | 252 | 4.1% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 182 | 3.0% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 164 | 2.7% |
1,109 of 6,087 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 28 reporting states.
Avi appears in 28 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Avi's data
- Avi's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (1,926 total births) through the 2020s (1,859) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Avis (1,109 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Avi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~76 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, 1949–2025 (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 Avi 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.