Avalon

#1,458 for girls in 2025, 147 births · #5,861 for boys in 2025, 15 births
Given to girls 98.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
1921 · 43 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,213
since 1907

Avalon over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Avalon has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202016peak #1,168, 1921girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#1,458147#5,86115
2024#1,609130#7,76510
2023#1,780114#8,9218
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2021#1,652126—
2020#1,654124—
2019#1,598133—
2018#1,727119#10,7606
2017#1,643131—
2016#1,485154—
2015#1,504151#9,5687
2014#1,436158—
2013#1,576136#10,7286
2012#1,904105—
2011#1,728119—
2010#1,678126—
2009#1,546146—
2008#1,685132—
2007#1,679131—
2006#1,590135—
2005#1,95098—
2004#1,811105—
2003#1,88597—
2002#1,86695—
2001#2,04882—
2000#2,40364#10,3495
1999#2,30764—
1998#2,79847—
1997#2,36056—
1996#2,42353—
1995#2,73544—
1994#2,25558—
1993#2,76843—
1992#2,68745#7,4226
1991#2,93539—
1990#5,54916#7,1786
1989#4,35821—
1988#4,17221—
1987#3,33127—
1986#4,18619—
1985#5,07714—
1984#8,1537—
1983#9,0156—
1982#7,4698—
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First appearance
1907

The first year at least five girls were named Avalon! It came in at #2,061, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1907–1914, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Avalon is popular in 2016

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Avalon, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Avalon, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Avalon, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Avalon, so not publishedNHWashington: #1,100 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,429 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Avalon, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Avalon, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Avalon, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Avalon, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,428 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,604 girlsILWisconsin: #666 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,329 girlsWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Avalon, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Avalon, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Avalon, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Avalon, so not publishedRIOregon: #572 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,534 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Avalon, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Avalon, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Avalon, so not publishedSDIowa: #594 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,600 girlsIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Avalon, so not publishedINOhio: #1,282 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,678 girlsOHPennsylvania: #1,138 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,408 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Avalon, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Avalon, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,154 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 7,835 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Avalon, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Avalon, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Avalon, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Avalon, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Avalon, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Avalon, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Avalon, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Avalon, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Avalon, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Avalon, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Avalon, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Avalon, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Avalon, so not publishedARTennessee: #844 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,434 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Avalon, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Avalon, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Avalon, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #784 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,358 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Avalon, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Avalon, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Avalon, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Avalon, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Avalon, so not publishedHITexas: #2,563 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 23,899 girlsTXFlorida: #1,182 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 7,883 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oregon#572 · 1 in 2,534
  2. Iowa#594 · 1 in 2,600
  3. Wisconsin#666 · 1 in 3,329
  4. Oklahoma#784 · 1 in 3,358
  5. Tennessee#844 · 1 in 4,434

Best ever in a state: #188 in Hawaii, 2003.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Oregon#57261 in 2,534
Iowa#59451 in 2,600
Wisconsin#66671 in 3,329
Oklahoma#78451 in 3,358
Tennessee#84471 in 4,434
Washington#1,10051 in 6,429
Pennsylvania#1,13871 in 7,408
California#1,154261 in 7,835
Florida#1,182111 in 7,883
Ohio#1,28261 in 8,678
Illinois#1,42861 in 9,604
Texas#2,56371 in 23,899
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See more about Avalon
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 151 spots since 2024 (#1,609 → #1,458)
  • 196 spots since 2020 (#1,654 → #1,458)
  • 46 spots since 2015 (#1,504 → #1,458)
Rise & fade · girls
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1907
  • Peaked 1921 at #1,168 (43 births)
  • Births halved by 1924, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 10,934
  • Highest: 1 in 10,934 girls born in 2025 were named Avalon (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #1,168 in 1921, was only 1 in 28,676 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 31.6% of all girls named Avalon (1,332) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s5#2,061 (1907)#2,061
1910s26#2,900 (1915)#3,134
1920s194#1,168 (1921)#2,151
1930s133#1,731 (1939)#2,408
1940s34#3,738 (1942)#4,445
1950s43#4,161 (1956)#4,838
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1980s123#3,331 (1987)#5,720
1990s465#2,255 (1994)#2,882
2000s1,085#1,546 (2009)#1,846
2010s1,332#1,436 (2014)#1,628
2020s773#1,458 (2025)#1,626

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Avalon in 2016

girls
#1,485
154 births · 1 in 11,507 girls

Top girls' names in 2016

  1. #1Emma19,550
  2. #2Olivia19,414
  3. #3Ava16,354
  4. #4Sophia16,185
  5. #5Isabella14,863
  6. #6Mia14,464
  7. #7Charlotte13,118
  8. #8Abigail11,796
  9. #9Emily11,006
  10. #10Amelia10,809
  11. #1,485Avalon154
More about 2016

girls

1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 11,507 of them was named Avalon, which outranked 92.1% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Avalon
  1. #1,480Renesmee155
  2. #1,480Tallulah155
  3. #1,480Tamara155
  4. #1,485Avalon154
  5. #1,485Ali154
  6. #1,485Analise154
  7. #1,485Cielo154
  8. #1,492Adalina153
  9. #1,492Anneliese153
  10. #1,492Kenleigh153

Tied with 6 names at #1,485; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2015
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,389Kehlani#3,254 → #865
  2. ↑ 612Royalty#1,146 → #534
  3. ↑ 481Saoirse#1,448 → #967
  4. ↑ 396Ophelia#978 → #582
  5. ↑ 364Aitana#915 → #551
Fallers
  1. ↓ 542Caitlin#610 → #1,152
  2. ↓ 451Caitlyn#598 → #1,049
  3. ↓ 397Katelynn#652 → #1,049
  4. ↓ 382Kaitlynn#989 → #1,371
  5. ↓ 340Neriah#946 → #1,286

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2016 →