Avon

Where Avon comes from

Avon hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1893
    Debut at its peak, #907
    #907 among boys with 6 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1894
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1910
    Avon Long born
    American actor
  4. 1979
    Avon Cobourne born
    American professional Canadian football running back
  5. 1992
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Avon Long · American actor, 1910–1984
  • Avon Cobourne · American professional Canadian football running back, born 1979
  • Avon Honey · American politician, 1947–2010
  • Avon Riley · American football player, 1958–2020
  • Avon Williams · American politician; Tennessee State Senator from 1972 to 1992, 1921–1994

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.