Avis
Avis was given to 6 girls in 2025, #13,413 among girls’ names; 18,042 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 6,160 Americans named Avis and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (34% of everyone recorded); the median is 67 years old and half are between 56 and 76.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Avis by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Avis?
#13,413 among girls’ names, 2025
Avis fell from #8,058 in 2015 to #13,413 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 7.8 to 3.7 per million.
452 babies in 1920, the peak
Avis peaked in 1920, when 452 babies were given it (438 girls, #312 among girls’ names). The 6 births of 2025 are 1% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,413 | under 0.01 |
| 2024 | 11 | #9,013 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,111 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,601 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,537 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,468 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,500 | under 0.01 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,149 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,896 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,933 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (143)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 14 | #8,058 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 9 | #11,098 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,542 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,583 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,559 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,624 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,396 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,964 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,756 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,581 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,358 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,230 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,986 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,531 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,058 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,409 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,216 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,697 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,713 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,979 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,742 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,340 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 25 | #4,010 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 27 | #3,676 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 26 | #3,588 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 37 | #2,662 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 29 | #3,136 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 38 | #2,549 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 26 | #3,236 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 38 | #2,432 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 48 | #2,119 | 0.03 |
| 1981 | 34 | #2,662 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 44 | #2,251 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 43 | #2,249 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 47 | #2,014 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 66 | #1,610 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 68 | #1,514 | 0.05 |
| 1975 | 44 | #1,991 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 49 | #1,801 | 0.03 |
| 1973 | 54 | #1,668 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 62 | #1,516 | 0.04 |
| 1971 | 74 | #1,415 | 0.04 |
| 1970 | 86 | #1,271 | 0.05 |
| 1969 | 74 | #1,318 | 0.04 |
| 1968 | 75 | #1,267 | 0.05 |
| 1967 | 103 | #1,011 | 0.06 |
| 1966 | 127 | #890 | 0.08 |
| 1965 | 120 | #922 | 0.07 |
| 1964 | 169 | #804 | 0.09 |
| 1963 | 182 | #763 | 0.09 |
| 1962 | 219 | #695 | 0.11 |
| 1961 | 218 | #707 | 0.11 |
| 1960 | 217 | #689 | 0.11 |
| 1959 | 216 | #683 | 0.11 |
| 1958 | 239 | #636 | 0.12 |
| 1957 | 255 | #610 | 0.12 |
| 1956 | 287 | #552 | 0.14 |
| 1955 | 239 | #595 | 0.12 |
| 1954 | 225 | #603 | 0.12 |
| 1953 | 215 | #605 | 0.11 |
| 1952 | 204 | #609 | 0.11 |
| 1951 | 169 | #675 | 0.09 |
| 1950 | 149 | #702 | 0.09 |
| 1949 | 129 | #756 | 0.08 |
| 1948 | 128 | #753 | 0.08 |
| 1947 | 157 | #672 | 0.09 |
| 1946 | 180 | #593 | 0.11 |
| 1945 | 122 | #668 | 0.09 |
| 1944 | 128 | #655 | 0.10 |
| 1943 | 119 | #699 | 0.09 |
| 1942 | 175 | #560 | 0.13 |
| 1941 | 156 | #560 | 0.13 |
| 1940 | 193 | #498 | 0.17 |
| 1939 | 181 | #495 | 0.17 |
| 1938 | 215 | #459 | 0.19 |
| 1937 | 215 | #449 | 0.20 |
| 1936 | 231 | #426 | 0.22 |
| 1935 | 250 | #411 | 0.24 |
| 1934 | 263 | #402 | 0.25 |
| 1933 | 261 | #397 | 0.26 |
| 1932 | 270 | #396 | 0.25 |
| 1931 | 273 | #396 | 0.26 |
| 1930 | 294 | #396 | 0.26 |
| 1929 | 330 | #370 | 0.30 |
| 1928 | 387 | #342 | 0.34 |
| 1927 | 375 | #347 | 0.31 |
| 1926 | 386 | #337 | 0.33 |
| 1925 | 395 | #337 | 0.32 |
| 1924 | 430 | #323 | 0.34 |
| 1923 | 418 | #316 | 0.35 |
| 1922 | 386 | #332 | 0.32 |
| 1921 | 397 | #330 | 0.32 |
| 1920 | 438 | #312 | 0.37 |
| 1919 | 348 | #343 | 0.31 |
| 1918 | 429 | #308 | 0.37 |
| 1917 | 371 | #317 | 0.34 |
| 1916 | 391 | #303 | 0.37 |
| 1915 | 366 | #306 | 0.37 |
| 1914 | 293 | #304 | 0.38 |
| 1913 | 301 | #268 | 0.48 |
| 1912 | 358 | #238 | 0.64 |
| 1911 | 152 | #318 | 0.36 |
| 1910 | 82 | #440 | 0.21 |
| 1909 | 78 | #413 | 0.22 |
| 1908 | 62 | #457 | 0.19 |
| 1907 | 89 | #372 | 0.28 |
| 1906 | 66 | #421 | 0.22 |
| 1905 | 78 | #383 | 0.27 |
| 1904 | 83 | #360 | 0.30 |
| 1903 | 48 | #461 | 0.18 |
| 1902 | 61 | #398 | 0.23 |
| 1901 | 39 | #483 | 0.16 |
| 1900 | 57 | #440 | 0.19 |
| 1899 | 43 | #443 | 0.18 |
| 1898 | 40 | #486 | 0.15 |
| 1897 | 42 | #454 | 0.18 |
| 1896 | 41 | #453 | 0.17 |
| 1895 | 38 | #471 | 0.16 |
| 1894 | 44 | #418 | 0.20 |
| 1893 | 35 | #449 | 0.16 |
| 1892 | 44 | #401 | 0.21 |
| 1891 | 32 | #448 | 0.17 |
| 1890 | 33 | #447 | 0.17 |
| 1889 | 31 | #430 | 0.17 |
| 1888 | 24 | #512 | 0.13 |
| 1887 | 17 | #538 | 0.12 |
| 1886 | 21 | #478 | 0.15 |
| 1885 | 24 | #429 | 0.18 |
| 1884 | 19 | #463 | 0.15 |
| 1883 | 13 | #542 | 0.12 |
| 1882 | 9 | #636 | 0.08 |
| 1881 | 5 | #840 | 0.05 |
| 1880 | 14 | #450 | 0.15 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Avis a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 18,042 Americans recorded as Avis, 95% are girls and 5% boys. In 2025 it went to 6 girls; SSA lists no boys with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Avis: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Avis, and how old are they?
6,160 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 34% of the 18,042 Americans ever recorded as Avis. The median Avis alive today is 67 years old; half are between 56 and 76.
The 2020 Census counted 7,329 people named Avis (6,890 women and girls, 439 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 7,386 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,020 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 3,040 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,180 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 536 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 157 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 194 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Avis born?
The states with the most babies named Avis are Texas, Minnesota and North Carolina, with 19% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Minnesota is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 899 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Minnesota | 770 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| North Carolina | 667 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| New York | 648 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Georgia | 595 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 544 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Wisconsin | 490 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Michigan | 465 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Maine | 461 | not ranked | 4.0× |
| Virginia | 461 | not ranked | 1.1× |
Where Avis is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Avis is most over-represented in Maine: since 1910 it was given 4.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Avis with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Avis
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Avis and names like it
- Compare Avis and MargaretteBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sAvis peaked in 1920.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Avis since 1910.
- The top names of 1920The year the most babies were named Avis.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Avis alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with AMost given first.