Mostly girls · peaked in 2014
Avery name popularity since 1925
234,757 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Avery (72.3% girls, 27.7% boys). Half of them were born in 2013 or earlier, so the typical Avery is about 13 years old in 2026. Avery peaked in 2014 as the #14 name for girls, and it ranked #37 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 234,757
- Named Avery, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #37
- for girls in 2025 (5,267 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 72.3% girls
- 169,794 girls · 64,963 boys
- Most popular in
- Nevada
- 1.70× its national share
Peak year is the year Avery made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Avery births per year, 1925–2025
2014 was the biggest year for Avery both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1996 and 2001, Avery became 4.2× more common, from 1 in 3,560 baby girls to 1 in 845.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Avery's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Avery.
Decade by decade
Babies named Avery in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 75 | 504 | – |
| 1930s | 79 | 786 | #2,747 |
| 1940s | 112 | 762 | #2,473 |
| 1950s | 149 | 1,265 | #2,342 |
| 1960s | 168 | 1,807 | #3,557 |
| 1970s | 318 | 1,973 | #2,568 |
| 1980s | 952 | 2,878 | #1,459 |
| 1990s | 6,697 | 9,459 | #465 |
| 2000s | 41,706 | 15,856 | #67 |
| 2010s | 82,921 | 20,437 | #16 |
| 2020–25 | 36,617 | 9,236 | #37 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
51.7% of babies named Avery from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Avery is most popular
The index compares Avery's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Avery.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Nevada | 1.70× | 1,407 |
| Colorado | 1.66× | 4,746 |
| Idaho | 1.65× | 1,523 |
| Utah | 1.61× | 3,179 |
| Alaska | 1.46× | 504 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Avery and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Avery (this page) | 169,794 | 2014 |
| Averie | 13,448 | 2014 |
| Averi | 7,909 | 2015 |
| Avary | 1,657 | 2007 |
| Averee | 1,144 | 2017 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Avery's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Avery.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Avery (2014).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data