Girls' name · since 1951
Avra
60 babies named Avra in U.S. Social Security records since 1951, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #32,796 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 60
- born since 1951
- 2020s
- peak decade
Avra is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 60 have been recorded since 1951.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Avra has been recorded 60 times among girls since 1951, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1951 to 2023.
- #32,796 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 60 born since 1951
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Avra ranks #32,796 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 60 born since 1951, peaking in the 2020s.
- #32,796 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 60
- born since 1951
- 2020s
- peak decade
Avra's 60 recorded births place it above 54.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Avra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Avra splits its recorded history at 2015: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1951 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2014 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Avra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–2023
- Peak year (2014)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 73 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2023.
60 total births across 73 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 8 births in a single year.
Avra by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (24 births, 40% of the file).
2020s was Avra's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Avra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
16 births
- 2020s
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 24 births (40% of all-time use).
Avra decade highlights
- Peak decade 24 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Avra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~72 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, 1951–2023 (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 Avra 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.
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