Avian
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #12,161 · #1,699 for boys in 2025, 96 births
Given to boys 85.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2018 · 102 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,896since 1976
Avian 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,699 | 96 | |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | #2,345 | 60 |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | #1,954 | 79 |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | #1,626 | 107 |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | #1,799 | 87 |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 | #1,872 | 79 |
| 2019 | — | #2,042 | 71 | |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | #1,606 | 102 |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 | #1,661 | 95 |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 | #1,754 | 88 |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | #1,983 | 73 |
| 2014 | #8,966 | 12 | #1,828 | 81 |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | #1,989 | 69 |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 | #2,238 | 58 |
| 2011 | — | #2,346 | 54 | |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | #2,118 | 63 |
| 2009 | — | #1,975 | 71 | |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | #2,186 | 61 |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 | #2,034 | 68 |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | #2,062 | 64 |
| 2005 | #7,891 | 14 | #2,265 | 52 |
| 2004 | #6,216 | 19 | #2,489 | 44 |
| 2003 | #6,299 | 18 | #2,847 | 34 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 | #2,817 | 33 |
| 2001 | #7,317 | 14 | #3,061 | 29 |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 | #3,299 | 25 |
| 1999 | #6,484 | 15 | #4,341 | 16 |
| 1998 | #6,360 | 15 | #3,849 | 18 |
| 1997 | — | #5,288 | 11 | |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | #4,878 | 12 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #5,928 | 9 |
| 1994 | — | #6,968 | 7 | |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1992 | — | #6,670 | 7 | |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | #4,407 | 12 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | — | #5,926 | 6 | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | — | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #5,561 | 6 |
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| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
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| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Avian! It came in at #4,935, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1977–1983, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Avian is popular in 2016
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Pennsylvania#932 · 1 in 8,461
- Texas#1,304 · 1 in 14,247
- New York#1,428 · 1 in 14,285
- California#1,785 · 1 in 24,854
Best ever in a state: #570 in Massachusetts, 2018.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | #932 | 7 | 1 in 8,461 |
| Texas | #1,304 | 13 | 1 in 14,247 |
| New York | #1,428 | 7 | 1 in 14,285 |
| California | #1,785 | 9 | 1 in 24,854 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Avian
- 646 spots since 2024 (#2,345 → #1,699)
- 173 spots since 2020 (#1,872 → #1,699)
- 284 spots since 2015 (#1,983 → #1,699)
- Debuted 1976
- Peaked 2018 at #1,606 (102 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 16,318 boys born in 2022 were named Avian (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 17,792 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #1,606 in 2018, was only 1 in 17,805 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 39.8% of all boys named Avian (754) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1991, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6 | #4,935 (1976) | #4,935 |
| 1980s | 40 | #4,811 (1989) | #5,783 |
| 1990s | 107 | #3,849 (1998) | #5,593 |
| 2000s | 481 | #1,975 (2009) | #2,504 |
| 2010s | 754 | #1,606 (2018) | #1,957 |
| 2020s | 508 | #1,626 (2022) | #1,883 |
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.
Avian in 2016
Top girls' names in 2016
Top boys' names in 2016
More about 2016
girls
1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 196,891 of them was named Avian, which outranked 42.5% 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).
- #10,113Zyaira10
- #10,113Zyelle10
- #10,113Zylie10
- #10,859Avian9
- #10,859Aadhvika9
- #10,859Aala9
- #10,859Aalaysia9
- #11,781Aalaya8
- #11,781Aalijah8
- #11,781Aaliyana8
Tied with 921 names at #10,859; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 21,565 of them was named Avian, which outranked 87.7% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,739Raleigh89
- #1,739Storm89
- #1,739Wren89
- #1,754Avian88
- #1,754Ajay88
- #1,754Denis88
- #1,754Hawkins88
- #1,763Ames87
- #1,763Anay87
- #1,763Darion87
Tied with 8 names at #1,754; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.