Declining since 2014, #37 for girls today.
Popularity of Avery since 1880
Babies named Avery per year in U.S. Social Security records.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 132 |
| 1890s | 6 | 174 |
| 1900s | 37 | 176 |
| 1910s | 93 | 834 |
| 1920s | 151 | 1,105 |
| 1930s | 79 | 786 |
| 1940s | 112 | 762 |
| 1950s | 149 | 1,265 |
| 1960s | 168 | 1,807 |
| 1970s | 318 | 1,973 |
| 1980s | 952 | 2,878 |
| 1990s | 6,697 | 9,459 |
| 2000s | 41,706 | 15,856 |
| 2010s | 82,921 | 20,437 |
| 2020s | 36,617 | 9,236 |
Meaning & origin
Avery has managed something few names do: it crossed the gender line without abandoning either side. On the American books since 1890 as a low-frequency boys' name, it caught the surname-name current of the 1990s, crested in 2014, and as of 2025 ranks 37th, given to roughly 1 in every 305 babies, with enough boys and girls receiving it that the data still classify it as genuinely unisex.
The name's texture explains the crossover. Its three light syllables and long-a opening align with Ava and Aubrey on the girls' side, while its surname bones and history, actor Avery Brooks, a century of quietly distinguished male Averys, keep it credible for sons. The likely "elf" element buried in its Germanic roots (via Alberich or Alfred; scholars split on which) adds a storybook footnote.
Since 2014 the trend has pointed slowly down, the usual afterlife of a 2010s favorite. Its strongest states: Wyoming, West Virginia, and Alaska, sketch a rural, mountain-and-frontier map, a sign the name has fully diffused from its early-adopter coastal phase into the American heartland.
Avery began as a medieval English surname that grew out of Anglo-Norman pronunciations of older Germanic personal names, reference works point to Alberich ("elf ruler," the source of Aubrey) and to Alfred (Old English Ælfræd, "elf counsel"), and disagree about which contributed more. Either way, an "elf" element sits at the root, a detail parents tend to enjoy. As a given name Avery appears in American records from 1890, spending a century as an uncommon, mostly male choice with a genteel, surname-y air. The modern chapter began in the 1990s, when it joined the wave of surname names crossing to girls; today it is one of the few widely used names that remains genuinely unisex, though girls account for the larger share in the United States.
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Where Avery is most popular
Births per 100,000 girls by state. Press play or drag the slider to watch it move across the decades. The lightest shade means too few recorded births.
“Avery” around the world
Where Avery lands in the latest official birth statistics abroad, matched to the U.S. spelling.
France
5
babies in 2024
Ireland
22
babies in 2025
New Zealand
23
babies in 2025
Quebec
15
babies in 2025
Sources: INSEE (France) · CSO Ireland (Ireland) · NZ Dept of Internal Affairs (New Zealand) · Retraite Québec (Quebec).
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Ave, Avie
Famous people named Avery
- Avery Brooks · American actor best known for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Sibling names for Avery
Names that share Avery's style, for a brother or sister.
Sisters: Harper, Riley, Quinn, Piper, Sadie, Addison, Madelyn, Madison, Adalynn, Allison, Bailey, Brooklyn, Hailey, Jamie, Kenzie, London, Londyn, Mackenzie, Madilyn, Mckenzie, Morgan, Payton, Peyton, Raelynn, Reagan, Taylor, Adalyn, Addilyn, Addisyn, Adelynn, Adley, Ainsley, Alaina, Alayna, Alisson, Andi, Andie, Ansley, Arden, Ashtyn, Aubrie, Austyn, Baily, Brinley, Brooklynn, Bryleigh, Caidence, Caitlyn, Cambria, Charleigh, Codi, Darby, Devyn, Dylann, Ellery, Ellison, Emalyn, Emeri, Emerie, Emersyn, Emmalyn, Emory, Evyn, Fallon, Hadley, Hailee, Jadyn, Jaycee, Jayde, Joselyn, Joslyn, Kaelyn, Kailee, Kassidy, Kaycee, Kayli, Kaylin, Kaylynn, Keily, Kenadee, Kennedi, Khloe, Kinley, Kinsley, Landry, Laney, Legacy, Lexie, Macey, Madalynn, Maddison, Madelynn, Madisyn, Makenzie, Marlee, Marnie, Mckenna, Mckinley, Page, Paityn, Presley, Raegan, Raleigh, Rayne, Remi, Rilee, Ryann, Ryley, Saige, Saylor, Scout, Skylar, Sydni, Taelynn, Tatum, Aaryn, Abbigayle, Abilene, Addalyn, Addelyn, Adilyn, 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Names like Avery
Names whose popularity has moved with Avery's over the last 50 years.

