Avett
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #13,592 · #3,757 for boys in 2025, 29 births
Given to boys 93.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2018 · 78 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 770since 2009
Avett over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #3,757 | 29 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,793 | 29 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,002 | 27 | |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | #2,191 | 66 |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | #2,523 | 52 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | #2,139 | 65 |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 | #2,001 | 73 |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 | #1,901 | 78 |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 | #2,109 | 65 |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #2,228 | 60 |
| 2015 | — | #2,486 | 50 | |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | #2,138 | 64 |
| 2013 | — | #2,492 | 49 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,115 | 36 | |
| 2011 | — | #7,009 | 11 | |
| 2010 | — | #7,591 | 10 | |
| 2009 | — | #10,994 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Avett! It came in at #10,994, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2009, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
Where Avett is popular in 2018
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- North Carolina#602 · 1 in 3,858
- South Carolina#678 · 1 in 4,179
- Texas#2,386 · 1 in 34,975
Best ever in a state: #602 in North Carolina, 2018.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| North Carolina | #602 | 13 | 1 in 3,858 |
| South Carolina | #678 | 5 | 1 in 4,179 |
| Texas | #2,386 | 5 | 1 in 34,975 |
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See more about Avett
- 36 spots since 2024 (#3,793 → #3,757)
- 1,618 spots since 2020 (#2,139 → #3,757)
- 1,271 spots since 2015 (#2,486 → #3,757)
- Debuted 2009
- Peaked 2018 at #1,901 (78 births)
- Births halved by 2023, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 23,284 boys born in 2018 were named Avett (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 58,899 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 64.4% of all boys named Avett (496) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6 | #10,994 (2009) | #10,994 |
| 2010s | 496 | #1,901 (2018) | #3,307 |
| 2020s | 268 | #2,139 (2020) | #3,068 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Avett in 2018
Top girls' names in 2018
Top boys' names in 2018
More about 2018
girls
1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 212,634 of them was named Avett, which outranked 37.0% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #10,545Zyelle9
- #10,545Zyion9
- #10,545Zynique9
- #11,427Avett8
- #11,427Aada8
- #11,427Aadhvika8
- #11,427Aailyah8
- #12,464Aaisha7
- #12,464Aalana7
- #12,464Aaleah7
Tied with 1,036 names at #11,427; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 23,284 of them was named Avett, which outranked 86.5% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,886Townes79
- #1,886Truth79
- #1,886Ziggy79
- #1,901Avett78
- #1,901Aj78
- #1,901Dandre78
- #1,901Glen78
- #1,920Anay77
- #1,920Aren77
- #1,920Blayne77
Tied with 18 names at #1,901; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.