Girls' name · since 1880
Avis
17,224 babies named Avis in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,168 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,212 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 17,224
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Yes -- Avis is the #13212 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 17,224 recorded since 1880.
Avis has 17,224 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13212 as of the latest data, more common than 24% of girls, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #1,168 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,212 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 17,224 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Avis ranks #1,168 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,212 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 17,224 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #1,168 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,212 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 17,224
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Avis's 17,224 recorded births place it above 98.38% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
43 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Avis compares
17,224 Top 7% higher than 93% 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
Avis's all-time total is 46x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Avis | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 17,224 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 438 | 21 | 19,840 |
Avis's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Avis's SSA record in two at 1951 and the more recent half accounts for 28% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 72%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1881, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1920 peak of 438, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Avis popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1920)
- 438
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Avis popularity over time - boys
818 total births recorded since 1912 (Avis as boys' name)
Avis by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (3,942 births, 23% of the file).
1920s was Avis's strongest decade.
3,942 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Avis births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 177
1880s
177 births
- 1890s 392
1890s
392 births
- 1900s 661
1900s
661 births
- 1910s
1910s
3,091 births
- 1920s
1920s
3,942 births
- 1930s
1930s
2,453 births
- 1940s 1,487
1940s
1,487 births
- 1950s
1950s
2,198 births
- 1960s 1,504
1960s
1,504 births
- 1970s 593
1970s
593 births
- 1980s 347
1980s
347 births
- 1990s 146
1990s
146 births
- 2000s 88
2000s
88 births
- 2010s 79
2010s
79 births
- 2020s 66
2020s
66 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 3,942 births (23% of all-time use).
How Avis 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 Avis's total volume
Avis by state
Where Avis concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 899 | 5.2% |
| #2 | Minnesota | | 770 | 4.5% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 667 | 3.9% |
| #4 | New York | | 648 | 3.8% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 595 | 3.5% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 544 | 3.2% |
| #7 | Wisconsin | | 490 | 2.8% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 465 | 2.7% |
899 of 17,224 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 43 reporting states.
Avis appears in 43 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Avis's data
- Avis's decade-level peak was the 1920s (3,942 total births); usage has since declined to 66 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Aviss (899 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Avis: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1920)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Avis 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.