Boys' name · since 1967
Avid
237 babies named Avid in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,969 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 237
- born since 1967
- 1980s
- peak decade
Avid is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 237 have been recorded since 1967.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Avid has been recorded 237 times among boys since 1967, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1967 to 2021.
- #11,969 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 237 born since 1967
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Avid ranks #11,969 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 237 born since 1967, peaking in the 1980s.
- #11,969 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 237
- born since 1967
- 1980s
- peak decade
Avid's 237 recorded births place it above 73.63% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Avid's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Avid splits its recorded history at 1980: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1972 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1982 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Avid popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–2021
- Peak year (1982)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Avid by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (121 births, 51% of the file).
1980s was Avid's strongest decade.
121 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Avid births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 29
1960s
29 births
- 1970s
1970s
71 births
- 1980s
1980s
121 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 121 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Avid's decade-level peak was the 1980s (121 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Avid: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~54 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, 1967–2021 (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 Avid 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.