Meaning not yet researched.
Avery: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 5,267 in 2025. Its best rank was #12 in 2013.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #12 in 2013; #37 in 2025. About 82% of babies named Avery in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#37 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2013, at #12.
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Avery: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 5,267 girls in 2025. Peak: #12 in 2013 · most girls in one year: 9,578 (2014).
In 2025, 5,267 US girls were named Avery, making it the 37th most common girls’ name of the year, down 6 places from #31 in 2024. That is 391 fewer than the 5,658 girls named Avery in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #12, reached in 2013. The most girls given the name in a single year was 9,578, in 2014. For comparison, it was #16 in 2015 and #2,443 in 1950.
In 2025, 1,156 US boys were named Avery, making it the 291st most common boys’ name of the year, down 32 places from #259 in 2024. That is 197 fewer than the 1,353 boys named Avery in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #181, reached in 2017. The most boys given the name in a single year was 2,283, in 2014. For comparison, it was #188 in 2015 and #761 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Avery in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 9 babies with the name. In all, 236,886 US babies have been given the name, 72% of them girls and 28% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 103,358 babies named Avery.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 69,077 US girls were named Avery; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 8,774. In 2025 that was about 1 in 305 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Avery ranked highest in Mississippi in 2025, at #15 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 51 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Averi (8,313 babies since 1880), Avie (1,774 babies since 1880), Averie (13,717 babies since 1880) and Avary (1,771 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Avory, Averey and Avarey are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Avory (879), Averey (677), Avarey (151), Avori (78), Averii (70), Ayveri (38), Aviary (10), Aivery (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Avery in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so every state is listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 55 | #15 | #12 |
| West Virginia | 40 | #17 | #9 |
| Arkansas | 59 | #20 | #8 |
| Ohio | 230 | #23 | #9 |
| Kentucky | 95 | #25 | #12 |
| Idaho | 41 | #25 | #8 |
| Alabama | 88 | #26 | #17 |
| South Dakota | 20 | #26 | #7 |
| Louisiana | 77 | #26 | #8 |
| Pennsylvania | 218 | #27 | #9 |
| Michigan | 164 | #28 | #15 |
| Colorado | 105 | #29 | #11 |
| Virginia | 157 | #29 | #13 |
| Nebraska | 38 | #30 | #10 |
| Connecticut | 69 | #30 | #13 |
| Missouri | 108 | #31 | #10 |
| Massachusetts | 121 | #31 | #12 |
| Minnesota | 95 | #33 | #14 |
| New Mexico | 25 | #33 | #11 |
| Montana | 17 | #33 | #27 |
| Oregon | 62 | #34 | #13 |
| South Carolina | 80 | #35 | #14 |
| Alaska | 12 | #35 | #28 |
| New Hampshire | 26 | #36 | #12 |
| New Jersey | 161 | #36 | #15 |
| Washington | 121 | #37 | #16 |
| New York | 290 | #38 | #19 |
| Texas | 547 | #38 | #14 |
| Illinois | 178 | #38 | #15 |
| North Carolina | 182 | #38 | #14 |
| Iowa | 53 | #39 | #9 |
| Wisconsin | 84 | #39 | #10 |
| North Dakota | 16 | #40 | #5 |
| Tennessee | 116 | #40 | #15 |
| Arizona | 108 | #41 | #24 |
| Rhode Island | 16 | #41 | #9 |
| Maine | 18 | #42 | #14 |
| Oklahoma | 58 | #42 | #10 |
| Maryland | 74 | #43 | #17 |
| Georgia | 153 | #43 | #18 |
| Florida | 295 | #44 | #17 |
| Hawaii | 12 | #44 | #26 |
| Kansas | 49 | #45 | #9 |
| Utah | 70 | #46 | #16 |
| Indiana | 101 | #46 | #14 |
| Wyoming | 7 | #47 | #23 |
| California | 498 | #48 | #23 |
| Delaware | 12 | #57 | #18 |
| Nevada | 32 | #58 | #26 |
| Vermont | 6 | #65 | #47 |
| District of Columbia | 8 | #96 | #47 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,267 | #37 | 1,156 | #291 |
| 2024 | 5,658 | #31 | 1,353 | #259 |
| 2023 | 5,879 | #29 | 1,462 | #241 |
| 2022 | 6,251 | #26 | 1,663 | #221 |
| 2021 | 6,815 | #19 | 1,808 | #210 |
| 2020 | 6,747 | #19 | 1,794 | #211 |
| 2019 | 7,350 | #18 | 1,934 | #204 |
| 2018 | 8,099 | #16 | 2,117 | #190 |
| 2017 | 8,237 | #14 | 2,200 | #181 |
| 2016 | 8,774 | #16 | 2,125 | #188 |
| 2015 | 9,356 | #16 | 2,218 | #188 |
| 2014 | 9,578 | #14 | 2,283 | #186 |
| 2013 | 9,185 | #12 | 2,052 | #196 |
| 2012 | 8,319 | #13 | 2,019 | #187 |
| 2011 | 7,346 | #18 | 1,792 | #201 |
| 2010 | 6,677 | #23 | 1,697 | #211 |
| 2009 | 6,301 | #32 | 1,633 | #223 |
| 2008 | 5,829 | #38 | 1,748 | #216 |
| 2007 | 5,386 | #48 | 1,742 | #221 |
| 2006 | 5,254 | #52 | 1,794 | #211 |
| 2005 | 4,654 | #67 | 1,662 | #215 |
| 2004 | 4,044 | #77 | 1,523 | #225 |
| 2003 | 3,687 | #89 | 1,596 | #219 |
| 2002 | 2,589 | #132 | 1,387 | #245 |
| 2001 | 2,131 | #152 | 1,401 | #242 |
| 2000 | 1,831 | #176 | 1,370 | #245 |
| 1999 | 1,491 | #206 | 1,368 | #236 |
| 1998 | 1,242 | #246 | 1,237 | #247 |
| 1997 | 937 | #312 | 1,173 | #250 |
| 1996 | 492 | #486 | 1,180 | #251 |
| 1995 | 542 | #465 | 1,195 | #241 |
| 1994 | 518 | #484 | 1,117 | #259 |
| 1993 | 453 | #529 | 933 | #297 |
| 1992 | 433 | #543 | 469 | #462 |
| 1991 | 339 | #648 | 400 | #494 |
| 1990 | 250 | #803 | 387 | #492 |
| 1989 | 181 | #960 | 469 | #436 |
| 1988 | 157 | #1,028 | 362 | #484 |
| 1987 | 112 | #1,258 | 376 | #459 |
| 1986 | 102 | #1,305 | 279 | #531 |
| 1985 | 85 | #1,459 | 259 | #546 |
| 1984 | 67 | #1,636 | 209 | #584 |
| 1983 | 73 | #1,533 | 243 | #539 |
| 1982 | 69 | #1,654 | 217 | #586 |
| 1981 | 57 | #1,887 | 235 | #556 |
| 1980 | 49 | #2,098 | 229 | #570 |
| 1979 | 54 | #1,919 | 207 | #593 |
| 1978 | 40 | #2,271 | 224 | #559 |
| 1977 | 43 | #2,163 | 205 | #588 |
| 1976 | 36 | #2,297 | 235 | #526 |
| 1975 | 30 | #2,568 | 218 | #545 |
| 1974 | 27 | #2,685 | 178 | #600 |
| 1973 | 26 | #2,692 | 204 | #552 |
| 1972 | 23 | #2,909 | 169 | #607 |
| 1971 | 21 | #3,173 | 162 | #645 |
| 1970 | 18 | #3,442 | 171 | #621 |
| 1969 | 21 | #2,922 | 151 | #644 |
| 1968 | 20 | #2,879 | 155 | #612 |
| 1967 | 13 | #3,673 | 177 | #564 |
| 1966 | 15 | #3,274 | 192 | #554 |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,557 | 206 | #537 |
| 1964 | 17 | #3,117 | 185 | #581 |
| 1963 | 10 | #4,286 | 180 | #588 |
| 1962 | 19 | #2,822 | 188 | #571 |
| 1961 | 17 | #3,065 | 184 | #583 |
| 1960 | 23 | #2,518 | 189 | #567 |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,448 | 191 | #565 |
| 1958 | 25 | #2,266 | 171 | #591 |
| 1957 | 16 | #2,931 | 158 | #611 |
| 1956 | 18 | #2,727 | 140 | #640 |
| 1955 | 22 | #2,342 | 138 | #632 |
| 1954 | 14 | #3,029 | 125 | #651 |
| 1953 | 10 | #3,707 | 92 | #744 |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,953 | 89 | #747 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,040 | 80 | #785 |
| 1950 | 17 | #2,443 | 81 | #761 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,635 | 58 | #905 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,979 | 77 | #774 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,722 | 92 | #716 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,462 | 77 | #753 |
| 1945 | 13 | #2,473 | 79 | #677 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,396 | 65 | #774 |
| 1943 | 21 | #1,905 | 76 | #740 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,549 | 82 | #706 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,677 | 71 | #733 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,750 | 85 | #654 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,161 | 56 | #812 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,955 | 80 | #673 |
| 1937 | — | — | 67 | #742 |
| 1936 | 14 | #2,162 | 65 | #747 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,747 | 64 | #771 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,578 | 95 | #606 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,889 | 92 | #606 |
| 1932 | — | — | 89 | #632 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,590 | 75 | #698 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,687 | 103 | #599 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,317 | 102 | #599 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,290 | 95 | #637 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,438 | 107 | #602 |
| 1926 | 20 | #1,939 | 99 | #631 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,792 | 101 | #629 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,824 | 123 | #577 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,477 | 111 | #600 |
| 1922 | 15 | #2,391 | 131 | #551 |
| 1921 | 19 | #2,052 | 123 | #570 |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,274 | 113 | #588 |
| 1919 | 20 | #1,862 | 112 | #564 |
| 1918 | 18 | #2,037 | 118 | #552 |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,119 | 115 | #545 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,511 | 106 | #555 |
| 1915 | — | — | 125 | #493 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,918 | 91 | #513 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,353 | 66 | #531 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,994 | 58 | #516 |
| 1911 | — | — | 22 | #670 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,529 | 21 | #637 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,784 | 17 | #658 |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,132 | 23 | #522 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,850 | 17 | #619 |
| 1906 | — | — | 17 | #570 |
| 1905 | — | — | 22 | #481 |
| 1904 | — | — | 18 | #518 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,615 | 13 | #625 |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,456 | 18 | #510 |
| 1901 | — | — | 19 | #433 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,741 | 12 | #747 |
| 1899 | — | — | 17 | #458 |
| 1898 | — | — | 15 | #544 |
| 1897 | — | — | 21 | #413 |
| 1896 | — | — | 20 | #439 |
| 1895 | — | — | 20 | #437 |
| 1894 | — | — | 18 | #465 |
| 1893 | — | — | 19 | #419 |
| 1892 | — | — | 18 | #460 |
| 1891 | — | — | 9 | #644 |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,223 | 17 | #435 |
| 1889 | — | — | 9 | #678 |
| 1888 | — | — | 13 | #554 |
| 1887 | — | — | 14 | #461 |
| 1886 | — | — | 6 | #851 |
| 1885 | — | — | 12 | #550 |
| 1884 | — | — | 16 | #469 |
| 1883 | — | — | 14 | #483 |
| 1882 | — | — | 14 | #493 |
| 1881 | — | — | 25 | #324 |
| 1880 | — | — | 9 | #643 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).