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.

Avery**

#177 most common girls' name of all time · #343 across all names · 28% male / 72% female · used 1880–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#177
Rank overall
#343 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
236,886
Since 2016
86,689
Peak year
2014 #14
Best rank
#12 2013
Girls Boys peak 11,861/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Avery is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 5,267 1,156 6,423 #37
2024 5,658 1,353 7,011 #31
2023 5,879 1,462 7,341 #29
2022 6,251 1,663 7,914 #26
2021 6,815 1,808 8,623 #19
2020 6,747 1,794 8,541 #19
2019 7,350 1,934 9,284 #18
2018 8,099 2,117 10,216 #16
2017 8,237 2,200 10,437 #14
2016 8,774 2,125 10,899 #16
2015 9,356 2,218 11,574 #16
2014 9,578 2,283 11,861 #14
2013 9,185 2,052 11,237 #12
2012 8,319 2,019 10,338 #13
2011 7,346 1,792 9,138 #18
2010 6,677 1,697 8,374 #23
2009 6,301 1,633 7,934 #32
2008 5,829 1,748 7,577 #38
2007 5,386 1,742 7,128 #48
2006 5,254 1,794 7,048 #52
2005 4,654 1,662 6,316 #67
2004 4,044 1,523 5,567 #77
2003 3,687 1,596 5,283 #89
2002 2,589 1,387 3,976 #132
2001 2,131 1,401 3,532 #152
2000 1,831 1,370 3,201 #176
1999 1,491 1,368 2,859 #206
1998 1,242 1,237 2,479 #246
1997 937 1,173 2,110 #312
1996 492 1,180 1,672 #486
1995 542 1,195 1,737 #465
1994 518 1,117 1,635 #484
1993 453 933 1,386 #529
1992 433 469 902 #543
1991 339 400 739 #649
1990 250 387 637 #803
1989 181 469 650 #961
1988 157 362 519 #1,029
1987 112 376 488 #1,259
1986 102 279 381 #1,305
1985 85 259 344 #1,460
1984 67 209 276 #1,637
1983 73 243 316 #1,533
1982 69 217 286 #1,657
1981 57 235 292 #1,891
1980 49 229 278 #2,098
1979 54 207 261 #1,920
1978 40 224 264 #2,273
1977 43 205 248 #2,166
1976 36 235 271 #2,300
1975 30 218 248 #2,567
1974 27 178 205 #2,692
1973 26 204 230 #2,696
1972 23 169 192 #2,908
1971 21 162 183 #3,180
1970 18 171 189 #3,456
1969 21 151 172 #2,926
1968 20 155 175 #2,882
1967 13 177 190 #3,672
1966 15 192 207 #3,278
1965 13 206 219 #3,565
1964 17 185 202 #3,121
1963 10 180 190 #4,284
1962 19 188 207 #2,823
1961 17 184 201 #3,077
1960 23 189 212 #2,518
1959 13 191 204 #3,457
1958 25 171 196 #2,273
1957 16 158 174 #2,936
1956 18 140 158 #2,740
1955 22 138 160 #2,347
1954 14 125 139 #3,034
1953 10 92 102 #3,702
1952 6 89 95 #4,942
1951 8 80 88 #4,038
1950 17 81 98 #2,451
1949 9 58 67 #3,636
1948 12 77 89 #2,993
1947 9 92 101 #3,726
1946 6 77 83 #4,452
1945 13 79 92 #2,474
1944 8 65 73 #3,406
1943 21 76 97 #1,910
1942 13 82 95 #2,550
1941 11 71 82 #2,690
1940 10 85 95 #2,760
1939 8 56 64 #3,184
1938 9 80 89 #2,968
1937 67 67
1936 14 65 79 #2,169
1935 10 64 74 #2,757
1934 11 95 106 #2,587
1933 9 92 101 #2,892
1932 89 89
1931 11 75 86 #2,600
1930 7 103 110 #3,693
1929 14 102 116 #2,321
1928 15 95 110 #2,296
1927 14 107 121 #2,456
1926 20 99 119 #1,940
1925 12 101 113 #2,794
1924 12 123 135 #2,821
1923 14 111 125 #2,475
1922 15 131 146 #2,399
1921 19 123 142 #2,056
1920 16 113 129 #2,278
1919 20 112 132 #1,864
1918 18 118 136 #2,039
1917 9 115 124 #3,113
1916 12 106 118 #2,514
1915 125 125
1914 7 91 98 #2,907
1913 8 66 74 #2,347
1912 9 58 67 #2,000
1911 22 22
1910 10 21 31 #1,545
1909 7 17 24 #1,793
1908 5 23 28 #2,134
1907 6 17 23 #1,848
1906 17 17
1905 22 22
1904 18 18
1903 6 13 19 #1,618
1902 7 18 25 #1,466
1901 19 19
1900 6 12 18 #1,748
1899 17 17
1898 15 15
1897 21 21
1896 20 20
1895 20 20
1894 18 18
1893 19 19
1892 18 18
1891 9 9
1890 6 17 23 #1,236
1889 9 9
1888 13 13
1887 14 14
1886 6 6
1885 12 12
1884 16 16
1883 14 14
1882 14 14
1881 25 25
1880 9 9