Avon
Avon was the 5232nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 18 babies. Its best year was 1893, when it ranked 920th; the most babies were born in 1921 (32). Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,872 places. More babies were named Avon in the 1940s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,232 boys, up 1,100 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 18boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 192132 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,341babies recorded
Avon popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | #5,232 | — | 18 |
| 2020 | — | #6,332 | — | 13 |
| 2010 | — | #6,728 | — | 12 |
| 2000 | — | — | — | — |
| 1990 | — | — | — | — |
| 1980 | #8,242 | #3,634 | 7 | 11 |
| 1970 | #6,417 | #3,301 | 7 | 9 |
| 1960 | #2,994 | #1,777 | 17 | 21 |
| 1950 | #2,191 | #1,704 | 20 | 19 |
| 1940 | #1,968 | #1,632 | 17 | 18 |
| 1930 | #2,703 | #1,826 | 11 | 17 |
| 1920 | #2,178 | #1,595 | 17 | 23 |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Avon, counting every spelling?
Avon has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Avon?
18 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Avon (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Avon 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 465 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Avon.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Avon?
About 900 people born in the US named Avon are alive today, with a median age of 45; half are between 14 and 70. That makes Avon mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
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.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Avon: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Avon, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Avon
How popular is the name Avon?
Avon was the 5232nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 18 babies. Its best year was 1893, when it ranked 920th; the most babies were born in 1921 (32). Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,872 places. More babies were named Avon in the 1940s than in any other decade.
Is Avon a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Avon in the US.