Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Avel

#7,811 most common boys' name of all time · #19,653 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1932–2025

Rank among boys
#7,811
Rank overall
#19,653 of 105,966
First appeared
1932
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
443
Since 2016
82
Peak year
2013 #5,210
Best rank
#3,463 1939
Girls Boys peak 17/yr
19401960198020002020

Avel first appears in 1932. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 8 8 #9,027
2024 — 5 5 #12,572
2023 — 6 6 #11,012
2022 — 6 6 #11,062
2021 — 8 8 #8,954
2020 — 8 8 #8,851
2019 — 10 10 #7,730
2018 — 11 11 #7,225
2017 — 10 10 #7,657
2016 — 10 10 #7,699
2015 — 9 9 #8,163
2014 — 8 8 #8,927
2013 — 17 17 #5,210
2012 — 13 13 #6,366
2011 — 12 12 #6,654
2010 — 6 6 #10,962
2009 — 10 10 #7,804
2008 — 5 5 #12,823
2007 — 8 8 #9,055
2006 — 7 7 #9,765
2005 — 15 15 #5,324
2004 — 13 13 #5,874
2003 — 11 11 #6,339
2002 — 6 6 #9,596
2001 — 11 11 #6,102
2000 — 5 5 #10,594
1999 — 5 5 #10,180
1998 — 8 8 #6,987
1997 — 7 7 #7,434
1995 — 9 9 #6,034
1994 — 7 7 #7,130
1993 — 8 8 #6,372
1992 — 7 7 #6,839
1991 — 8 8 #6,086
1990 — 12 12 #4,496
1989 — 7 7 #6,439
1988 — 6 6 #6,662
1985 — 9 9 #4,481
1984 — 9 9 #4,351
1983 — 10 10 #3,974
1980 — 11 11 #3,718
1979 — 6 6 #5,605
1978 — 9 9 #3,968
1977 — 5 5 #6,178
1973 — 8 8 #3,859
1971 — 9 9 #3,527
1966 — 6 6 #3,789
1960 — 7 7 #3,577
1958 — 5 5 #4,307
1957 — 5 5 #4,374
1950 — 5 5 #4,079
1947 — 6 6 #3,683
1939 — 6 6 #3,463
1932 — 5 5 #4,254