Avis — #8925 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Avis

The Social Security Administration has registered 17,218 babies named Avis between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Avis currently holds the #8925 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 438 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Avis performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 3,942 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Avis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 899 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Avis in 43 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Avis 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 17,218 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.