Avner — #5918 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Avner

The Social Security Administration has registered 364 babies named Avner between 1921 and 2024, spanning 104 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Avner currently holds the #5918 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Avner performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 187 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Avner shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Avner in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Avner 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 364 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.