Girl & boy name
Avery
Avery holds the #37 spot on the 2025 list of the most popular girl names in the U.S. That amounts to 5,267 newborn girls in a single year. The name has been cooling off, slipping from #19 in 2020 to #37 today. Its strongest year on record was 2013 (#12 nationally, 9,185 newborns), in a data series reaching back to 1890. The name's biggest fan base is in Mississippi (#15 there in 2025).
Rankings
Avery popularity, 1880–2025
Where Avery is most popular
Uniqueness score
You'll meet plenty of them — a true chart-topper. Based on how many babies per birth were named Avery in the most recent year of SSA data.
Avery as a boy name
Avery is currently the #291 boy name in the United States, based on 2025 Social Security data. In raw numbers: 1,156 babies. It has drifted down the charts over the past five years, from #211 to #291. Looking at the full record since 1880, Avery hit its all-time high of #181 in 2017, when 2,200 boys were given the name. State by state, Vermont leads the way at #80.