Avon
Avon was given to 18 boys in 2025, #5,231 among boys’ names; 2,341 Americans have been recorded with it since 1893 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,180 Americans named Avon and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (50% of everyone recorded); the median is 59 years old and half are between 22 and 74.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Avon by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Avon?
#5,231 among boys’ names, 2025
Avon rose from #8,099 in 2015 to #5,231 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 4.7 to 10.5 per million.
46 babies in 1948, the peak
Avon peaked in 1948, when 46 babies were given it (29 boys, #1,348 among boys’ names). The 18 births of 2025 are 39% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | under 5 | 18 | #5,231 | |
| 2024 | under 5 | 18 | #5,259 | |
| 2023 | under 5 | 18 | #5,268 | |
| 2022 | under 5 | 20 | #4,861 | |
| 2021 | under 5 | 21 | #4,644 | |
| 2020 | under 5 | 13 | #6,328 | |
| 2019 | under 5 | 19 | #4,974 | |
| 2018 | under 5 | 9 | #8,222 | |
| 2017 | under 5 | 17 | #5,310 | |
| 2016 | under 5 | 14 | #6,069 |
Every recorded year (114)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | under 5 | 9 | #8,099 | |
| 2014 | under 5 | 15 | #5,754 | |
| 2013 | under 5 | 12 | #6,633 | |
| 2012 | under 5 | 15 | #5,733 | |
| 2011 | under 5 | 5 | #12,455 | |
| 2010 | under 5 | 12 | #6,722 | |
| 2009 | under 5 | 15 | #5,824 | |
| 2008 | under 5 | 12 | #6,790 | |
| 2007 | under 5 | 14 | #5,932 | |
| 2006 | under 5 | 12 | #6,489 | |
| 2005 | under 5 | 7 | #9,209 | |
| 2004 | under 5 | 8 | #8,200 | |
| 2003 | under 5 | 6 | #9,684 | |
| 2002 | under 5 | 5 | #10,829 | |
| 2001 | under 5 | 8 | #7,582 | |
| 1999 | under 5 | 5 | #10,045 | |
| 1997 | under 5 | 7 | #7,340 | |
| 1996 | under 5 | 6 | #8,037 | |
| 1994 | under 5 | 6 | #7,855 | |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,493 | 9 | #5,684 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,648 | 5 | #8,309 |
| 1989 | under 5 | 10 | #4,836 | |
| 1988 | under 5 | 5 | #7,373 | |
| 1987 | under 5 | 11 | #3,983 | |
| 1986 | under 5 | 11 | #3,897 | |
| 1985 | under 5 | 6 | #5,833 | |
| 1984 | under 5 | 12 | #3,479 | |
| 1983 | under 5 | 10 | #3,902 | |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,642 | 7 | #5,054 |
| 1981 | under 5 | 5 | #6,358 | |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,241 | 11 | #3,633 |
| 1979 | under 5 | 7 | #4,882 | |
| 1978 | under 5 | 9 | #3,880 | |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,617 | 5 | #5,919 |
| 1976 | under 5 | 7 | #4,466 | |
| 1975 | under 5 | 5 | #5,537 | |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,763 | 17 | #2,362 |
| 1973 | under 5 | 8 | #3,729 | |
| 1972 | under 5 | 6 | #4,478 | |
| 1971 | under 5 | 14 | #2,575 | |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,416 | 9 | #3,299 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,679 | 10 | #2,880 |
| 1968 | under 5 | 6 | #3,706 | |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,488 | 10 | #2,621 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,624 | 10 | #2,632 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,603 | 8 | #3,002 |
| 1964 | under 5 | 10 | #2,675 | |
| 1963 | 12 | #3,814 | 12 | #2,426 |
| 1962 | under 5 | 9 | #2,856 | |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,893 | 15 | #2,150 |
| 1960 | 17 | #2,993 | 21 | #1,776 |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,065 | 14 | #2,203 |
| 1958 | 10 | #3,939 | 18 | #1,897 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,560 | 11 | #2,501 |
| 1956 | 17 | #2,832 | 26 | #1,534 |
| 1955 | 23 | #2,280 | 20 | #1,727 |
| 1954 | 17 | #2,701 | 17 | #1,890 |
| 1953 | 23 | #2,175 | 22 | #1,631 |
| 1952 | 16 | #2,677 | 26 | #1,484 |
| 1951 | 17 | #2,480 | 26 | #1,463 |
| 1950 | 20 | #2,190 | 19 | #1,703 |
| 1949 | 10 | #3,403 | 25 | #1,464 |
| 1948 | 17 | #2,419 | 29 | #1,348 |
| 1947 | 17 | #2,455 | 22 | #1,601 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,612 | 19 | #1,642 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,749 | 22 | #1,408 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,776 | 21 | #1,484 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,053 | 14 | #1,988 |
| 1942 | 17 | #2,123 | 23 | #1,471 |
| 1941 | 22 | #1,698 | 18 | #1,637 |
| 1940 | 17 | #1,967 | 18 | #1,632 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,432 | 30 | #1,196 |
| 1938 | 14 | #2,238 | 17 | #1,691 |
| 1937 | 15 | #2,107 | 23 | #1,406 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,534 | 23 | #1,386 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,446 | 16 | #1,763 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,925 | 21 | #1,506 |
| 1933 | 15 | #2,062 | 29 | #1,232 |
| 1932 | 9 | #3,060 | 21 | #1,551 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,995 | 16 | #1,850 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,702 | 17 | #1,826 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,103 | 21 | #1,617 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,509 | 17 | #1,907 |
| 1927 | 10 | #3,072 | 16 | #2,046 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,578 | 30 | #1,331 |
| 1925 | 17 | #2,200 | 24 | #1,538 |
| 1924 | 22 | #1,876 | 17 | #1,965 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,741 | 25 | #1,507 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,398 | 24 | #1,550 |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,060 | 32 | #1,299 |
| 1920 | 17 | #2,178 | 23 | #1,595 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,397 | 26 | #1,411 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,838 | 17 | #1,909 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,658 | 16 | #1,904 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,583 | 10 | #2,556 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,462 | 17 | #1,708 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,671 | 18 | #1,444 |
| 1913 | under 5 | 6 | #2,523 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 5 | #2,574 | |
| 1908 | under 5 | 7 | #1,123 | |
| 1905 | under 5 | 5 | #1,245 | |
| 1904 | under 5 | 5 | #1,218 | |
| 1902 | under 5 | 5 | #1,155 | |
| 1893 | under 5 | 6 | #919 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Avon a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 2,341 Americans recorded as Avon, 30% are girls and 70% boys. In 2025 it went to 18 boys; SSA lists no girls 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 Avon: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Avon, and how old are they?
1,180 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 50% of the 2,341 Americans ever recorded as Avon. The median Avon alive today is 59 years old; half are between 22 and 74.
The 2020 Census counted 1,162 people named Avon (461 women and girls, 701 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,248 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 142 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 420 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 171 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 113 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 129 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 202 |
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).
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 16,871 babies since 1880, Avon is the third most given (14% of them). In 2025 it was given to 18 of their 667 babies (2.7%), the eighth most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Avon
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 Avon and names like it
- Compare Avon and AvenBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sAvon peaked in 1948.
- Maryland’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Avon since 1910.
- The top names of 1948The year the most babies were named Avon.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Avon alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with AMost given first.