Girls' name · since 1925
Avila
Avila has 801 recorded births since 1925 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,707 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,588 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 801
- born since 1925
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Avila is the #2588 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 801 recorded since 1925.
Avila has 801 recorded births among girls since 1925, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2588 as of the latest data, more common than 85% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1925 to 2025.
- #8,707 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,588 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 801 born since 1925
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Avila ranks #8,707 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,588 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 801 born since 1925, peaking in the 2020s.
- #8,707 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,588 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 801
- born since 1925
- 2020s
- peak decade
Avila's 801 recorded births place it above 87.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
10 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Avila compares
801 Top 36% higher than 64% of 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
Avila's all-time total is 113% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Avila | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 801 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 90 | 21 | 19,840 |
Avila's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Avila's full recorded timeline at 2015, 78% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 22% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1925, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 90 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Avila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1925–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 90
- Annual births at peak, across 101 years of records
Avila by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (411 births, 51% of the file).
2020s was Avila's strongest decade.
411 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Avila births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 2000s 58
2000s
58 births
- 2010s
2010s
327 births
- 2020s
2020s
411 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 411 births (51% of all-time use).
How Avila compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Avila's total volume
Avila by state
Where Avila concentrates geographically, total births since 1925
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 150 | 18.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 11 | 1.4% |
| #3 | Virginia | | 11 | 1.4% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 10 | 1.2% |
| #5 | Florida | | 9 | 1.1% |
| #6 | Kansas | | 7 | 0.9% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.6% |
150 of 801 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Avila appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Avila's data
- California records the most Avilas (150 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Avila: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~100 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, 1925–2025 (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 Avila 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.