Avis
#1,115 most common girls' name of all time · #1,979 across all names · 5% male / 95% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among girls
#1,115
Rank overall
#1,979 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
144 of 146
All-time
18,042
Since 2016
149
Peak year
1920 #312
Best rank
#238 1912
Girls
Boys
peak 452/yr
Avis 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,212 |
| 2024 | 11 | — | 11 | #8,949 |
| 2023 | 13 | 5 | 18 | #8,059 |
| 2022 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,545 |
| 2021 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,467 |
| 2020 | 12 | 7 | 19 | #8,409 |
| 2019 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #11,359 |
| 2018 | 16 | 11 | 27 | #7,104 |
| 2017 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,845 |
| 2016 | 8 | 9 | 17 | #11,788 |
| 2015 | 14 | 6 | 20 | #8,010 |
| 2014 | 9 | 11 | 20 | #10,963 |
| 2013 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 2012 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,432 |
| 2009 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #12,435 |
| 2008 | 12 | 5 | 17 | #9,478 |
| 2007 | 12 | 6 | 18 | #9,542 |
| 2006 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,159 |
| 2005 | 12 | 6 | 18 | #8,887 |
| 2004 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #11,629 |
| 2003 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,415 |
| 2002 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,193 |
| 2001 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,066 |
| 2000 | 9 | — | 9 | #9,879 |
| 1999 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,390 |
| 1998 | 11 | — | 11 | #8,021 |
| 1997 | 10 | 6 | 16 | #8,336 |
| 1996 | 10 | 6 | 16 | #8,141 |
| 1995 | 16 | 6 | 22 | #5,681 |
| 1994 | 13 | 9 | 22 | #6,679 |
| 1993 | 15 | — | 15 | #5,959 |
| 1992 | 16 | 7 | 23 | #5,722 |
| 1991 | 23 | 10 | 33 | #4,333 |
| 1990 | 25 | 5 | 30 | #4,004 |
| 1989 | 27 | 10 | 37 | #3,678 |
| 1988 | 26 | 8 | 34 | #3,588 |
| 1987 | 37 | 10 | 47 | #2,658 |
| 1986 | 29 | 12 | 41 | #3,138 |
| 1985 | 38 | 6 | 44 | #2,545 |
| 1984 | 26 | 8 | 34 | #3,233 |
| 1983 | 38 | 11 | 49 | #2,434 |
| 1982 | 48 | 16 | 64 | #2,117 |
| 1981 | 34 | 11 | 45 | #2,658 |
| 1980 | 44 | 8 | 52 | #2,249 |
| 1979 | 43 | 13 | 56 | #2,248 |
| 1978 | 47 | 12 | 59 | #2,013 |
| 1977 | 66 | 9 | 75 | #1,610 |
| 1976 | 68 | 7 | 75 | #1,514 |
| 1975 | 44 | 10 | 54 | #1,989 |
| 1974 | 49 | 9 | 58 | #1,801 |
| 1973 | 54 | 11 | 65 | #1,666 |
| 1972 | 62 | 8 | 70 | #1,516 |
| 1971 | 74 | 8 | 82 | #1,416 |
| 1970 | 86 | 8 | 94 | #1,271 |
| 1969 | 74 | 10 | 84 | #1,317 |
| 1968 | 75 | 12 | 87 | #1,268 |
| 1967 | 103 | — | 103 | #1,012 |
| 1966 | 127 | 13 | 140 | #892 |
| 1965 | 120 | 10 | 130 | #923 |
| 1964 | 169 | 8 | 177 | #804 |
| 1963 | 182 | 5 | 187 | #762 |
| 1962 | 219 | 9 | 228 | #695 |
| 1961 | 218 | 10 | 228 | #707 |
| 1960 | 217 | 7 | 224 | #689 |
| 1959 | 216 | — | 216 | #683 |
| 1958 | 239 | — | 239 | #636 |
| 1957 | 255 | — | 255 | #611 |
| 1956 | 287 | 7 | 294 | #554 |
| 1955 | 239 | — | 239 | #598 |
| 1954 | 225 | 5 | 230 | #606 |
| 1953 | 215 | 9 | 224 | #606 |
| 1952 | 204 | 12 | 216 | #611 |
| 1951 | 169 | — | 169 | #675 |
| 1950 | 149 | — | 149 | #703 |
| 1949 | 129 | 9 | 138 | #759 |
| 1948 | 128 | 5 | 133 | #754 |
| 1947 | 157 | 6 | 163 | #673 |
| 1946 | 180 | 6 | 186 | #593 |
| 1945 | 122 | 5 | 127 | #667 |
| 1944 | 128 | 5 | 133 | #658 |
| 1943 | 119 | 8 | 127 | #700 |
| 1942 | 175 | 14 | 189 | #560 |
| 1941 | 156 | 10 | 166 | #560 |
| 1940 | 193 | 10 | 203 | #498 |
| 1939 | 181 | 9 | 190 | #496 |
| 1938 | 215 | 6 | 221 | #459 |
| 1937 | 215 | 7 | 222 | #448 |
| 1936 | 231 | 9 | 240 | #426 |
| 1935 | 250 | 5 | 255 | #412 |
| 1934 | 263 | 8 | 271 | #402 |
| 1933 | 261 | 6 | 267 | #397 |
| 1932 | 270 | 14 | 284 | #397 |
| 1931 | 273 | 8 | 281 | #396 |
| 1930 | 294 | 14 | 308 | #397 |
| 1929 | 330 | 12 | 342 | #370 |
| 1928 | 387 | 10 | 397 | #343 |
| 1927 | 375 | 12 | 387 | #347 |
| 1926 | 386 | 15 | 401 | #338 |
| 1925 | 395 | 9 | 404 | #338 |
| 1924 | 430 | 13 | 443 | #323 |
| 1923 | 418 | 14 | 432 | #317 |
| 1922 | 386 | 16 | 402 | #332 |
| 1921 | 397 | 17 | 414 | #330 |
| 1920 | 438 | 14 | 452 | #312 |
| 1919 | 348 | 12 | 360 | #343 |
| 1918 | 429 | 5 | 434 | #308 |
| 1917 | 371 | 15 | 386 | #317 |
| 1916 | 391 | 5 | 396 | #304 |
| 1915 | 366 | 14 | 380 | #306 |
| 1914 | 293 | 6 | 299 | #304 |
| 1913 | 301 | 11 | 312 | #268 |
| 1912 | 358 | 6 | 364 | #238 |
| 1911 | 152 | — | 152 | #318 |
| 1910 | 82 | — | 82 | #440 |
| 1909 | 78 | — | 78 | #415 |
| 1908 | 62 | — | 62 | #458 |
| 1907 | 89 | — | 89 | #373 |
| 1906 | 66 | — | 66 | #421 |
| 1905 | 78 | — | 78 | #384 |
| 1904 | 83 | — | 83 | #360 |
| 1903 | 48 | — | 48 | #464 |
| 1902 | 61 | — | 61 | #398 |
| 1901 | 39 | — | 39 | #483 |
| 1900 | 57 | — | 57 | #443 |
| 1899 | 43 | — | 43 | #446 |
| 1898 | 40 | — | 40 | #486 |
| 1897 | 42 | — | 42 | #455 |
| 1896 | 41 | — | 41 | #454 |
| 1895 | 38 | — | 38 | #473 |
| 1894 | 44 | — | 44 | #421 |
| 1893 | 35 | — | 35 | #450 |
| 1892 | 44 | — | 44 | #403 |
| 1891 | 32 | — | 32 | #451 |
| 1890 | 33 | — | 33 | #457 |
| 1889 | 31 | — | 31 | #435 |
| 1888 | 24 | — | 24 | #514 |
| 1887 | 17 | — | 17 | #542 |
| 1886 | 21 | — | 21 | #480 |
| 1885 | 24 | — | 24 | #434 |
| 1884 | 19 | — | 19 | #467 |
| 1883 | 13 | — | 13 | #539 |
| 1882 | 9 | — | 9 | #635 |
| 1881 | 5 | — | 5 | #830 |
| 1880 | 14 | — | 14 | #450 |