Avis
Avis was the 13417th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1912, when it ranked 238th; the most babies were born in 1920 (438). Over the last ten years it has moved down 5,355 places. More babies were named Avis in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #13,417 girls, down 4,944 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 6girls
- Girls and boys
- 92% girls, 8% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1920438 babies
- Total since 1880
- 18,042babies recorded
Avis popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #13,417 | — | 6 | — |
| 2020 | #8,473 | #9,662 | 12 | 7 |
| 2010 | — | — | — | — |
| 2000 | #9,994 | — | 9 | — |
| 1990 | #4,015 | #8,218 | 25 | 5 |
| 1980 | #2,251 | #4,530 | 44 | 8 |
| 1970 | #1,271 | #3,545 | 86 | 8 |
| 1960 | #689 | #3,363 | 217 | 7 |
| 1950 | #703 | — | 149 | — |
| 1940 | #498 | #2,335 | 193 | 10 |
| 1930 | #396 | #2,086 | 294 | 14 |
| 1920 | #312 | #2,232 | 438 | 14 |
| 1910 | #440 | — | 82 | — |
| 1900 | #440 | — | 57 | — |
| 1890 | #447 | — | 33 | — |
| 1880 | #450 | — | 14 | — |
How popular is Avis, counting every spelling?
Avis has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Avis?
6 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Avis (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Avis 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 1,368 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Avis.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Avis?
About 5,700 people born in the US named Avis are alive today, with a median age of 68; half are between 59 and 76. That makes Avis a name most people associate with older generations.
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.
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Questions about the name Avis
How popular is the name Avis?
Avis was the 13417th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1912, when it ranked 238th; the most babies were born in 1920 (438). Over the last ten years it has moved down 5,355 places. More babies were named Avis in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Avis a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 92% girls, 8% boys given the name Avis in the US.