Girls' name · since 1970
Avital
925 babies named Avital in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,929 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,376 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 925
- born since 1970
- 2000s
- peak decade
925 babies have been named Avital since 1970, making it today's #6376 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Avital has been recorded 925 times among girls since 1970, currently ranked #6376 nationally and more common than 63% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2025.
- #7,929 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,376 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 925 born since 1970
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Avital ranks #7,929 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,376 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 925 born since 1970, peaking in the 2000s.
- #7,929 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,376 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 925
- born since 1970
- 2000s
- peak decade
Avital's 925 recorded births place it above 89.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Avital compares
925 Top 34% higher than 66% 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
Avital's all-time total is 146% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Avital | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 925 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 34 | 21 | 19,840 |
Avital's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Avital splits its recorded history at 2001: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1970 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 34 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Avital popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 34
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Avital by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (232 births, 25% of the file).
2000s was Avital's strongest decade.
232 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Avital births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 25
1970s
25 births
- 1980s
1980s
148 births
- 1990s
1990s
186 births
- 2000s
2000s
232 births
- 2010s
2010s
232 births
- 2020s
2020s
102 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 232 births (25% of all-time use).
How Avital 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 Avital's total volume
Avital by state
Where Avital concentrates geographically, total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 336 | 36.3% |
| #2 | California | | 22 | 2.4% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.5% |
336 of 925 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Avital's data
- Avital's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (232 total births) through the 2020s (102) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Avitals (336 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Avital: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~55 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, 1970–2025 (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 Avital 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.