Avan
Avan was the 3854th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 28 babies. Its best year was 2012, when it ranked 1659th with 93 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,575 places. More babies were named Avan in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,854 boys, down 712 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 28boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201293 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,051babies recorded
Avan popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 57 since 2005.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,854 | 28 |
| 2020 | #3,142 | 36 |
| 2010 | #2,516 | 49 |
| 2000 | #6,365 | 10 |
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How popular is Avan, counting every spelling?
Avan is a spelling of Aven, a name family that ranked #934 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,854 for Avan on its own. Together these spellings went to 237 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aven | 158 | #1,256 | 715 |
| Avan | 28 | #3,854 | 163 |
| Avin | 27 | #3,960 | 152 |
| Avyn | 11 | #7,249 | 66 |
| Avaan | 6 | #10,825 | 30 |
| Aavan | 7 | #9,726 | 25 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Avan?
28 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Avan (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Avan born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 298 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Avan.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Avan?
About 1,000 people born in the US named Avan are alive today, with a median age of 12; half are between 8 and 16. That makes Avan a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Avan by state
How common Avan was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Avan: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Avan, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Avan
How popular is the name Avan?
Avan was the 3854th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 28 babies. Its best year was 2012, when it ranked 1659th with 93 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,575 places. More babies were named Avan in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Avan a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Avan in the US.
Where is Avan most popular?
In 2021–2025, Avan was most common in California (0.03 per 1,000 boys), followed by Texas and Texas.