Avett
Avett was the 3767th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 29 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 1902nd with 78 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,276 places. More babies were named Avett in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,767 boys, down 1,626 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 29boys
- Girls and boys
- 6% girls, 94% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201878 babies
- Total since 1880
- 824babies recorded
Avett popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | — | #3,767 | — | 29 |
| 2020 | #15,423 | #2,141 | 5 | 65 |
| 2010 | — | #7,635 | — | 10 |
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How popular is Avett, counting every spelling?
Avett is the most common spelling of a name family that had 37 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 37 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avett | 29 | #3,767 | 203 |
| Avet | 8 | #9,000 | 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 Avett?
29 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Avett (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Avett 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 291 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Avett.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Avett?
About 800 people born in the US named Avett are alive today, with a median age of 8; half are between 5 and 11. That makes Avett 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.
Avett by state
How common Avett was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in North Carolina (5.2×). In 48 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 Avett: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Avett, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Avett
How popular is the name Avett?
Avett was the 3767th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 29 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 1902nd with 78 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,276 places. More babies were named Avett in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Avett a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 6% girls, 94% boys given the name Avett in the US.
Where is Avett most popular?
In 2021–2025, Avett was most common in North Carolina (0.12 per 1,000 boys), followed by Alabama and Georgia.