Avon
Last seen for girls in 1992 at #13,317 · #5,208 for boys in 2025, 18 births
Given to boys 70.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1893 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,641since 1893
Avon 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 | — | #5,208 | 18 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,241 | 18 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,255 | 18 | |
| 2022 | — | #4,850 | 20 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,628 | 21 | |
| 2020 | — | #6,296 | 13 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,951 | 19 | |
| 2018 | — | #8,154 | 9 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,297 | 17 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,053 | 14 | |
| 2015 | — | #8,040 | 9 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,733 | 15 | |
| 2013 | — | #6,603 | 12 | |
| 2012 | — | #5,720 | 15 | |
| 2011 | — | #12,287 | 5 | |
| 2010 | — | #6,698 | 12 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,800 | 15 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,763 | 12 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,901 | 14 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,460 | 12 | |
| 2005 | — | #9,115 | 7 | |
| 2004 | — | #8,143 | 8 | |
| 2003 | — | #9,581 | 6 | |
| 2002 | — | #10,667 | 5 | |
| 2001 | — | #7,536 | 8 | |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | #9,912 | 5 | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | #7,281 | 7 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,971 | 6 | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | #7,770 | 6 | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #5,660 | 9 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | #4,811 | 10 | |
| 1988 | — | #7,270 | 5 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,959 | 11 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,882 | 11 | |
| 1985 | — | #5,785 | 6 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,459 | 12 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,884 | 10 | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #3,615 | 11 |
| 1979 | — | #4,842 | 7 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,857 | 9 | |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | — | #4,418 | 7 | |
| 1975 | — | #5,464 | 5 | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #2,358 | 17 |
| 1973 | — | #3,694 | 8 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,441 | 6 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,558 | 14 | |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | #3,282 | 9 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #2,861 | 10 |
| 1968 | — | #3,673 | 6 | |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | #2,611 | 10 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #2,627 | 10 |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
| 1963 | #3,801 | 12 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1962 | — | #2,848 | 9 | |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | #2,148 | 15 |
| 1960 | #2,989 | 17 | #1,772 | 21 |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | #1,896 | 18 |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | #2,494 | 11 |
| 1956 | #2,826 | 17 | #1,532 | 26 |
| 1955 | #2,280 | 23 | #1,725 | 20 |
| 1954 | #2,695 | 17 | #1,887 | 17 |
| 1953 | #2,173 | 23 | #1,630 | 22 |
| 1952 | #2,671 | 16 | #1,485 | 26 |
| 1951 | #2,474 | 17 | #1,462 | 26 |
| 1950 | #2,185 | 20 | #1,701 | 19 |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 | #1,462 | 25 |
| 1948 | #2,416 | 17 | #1,346 | 29 |
| 1947 | #2,448 | 17 | #1,599 | 22 |
| 1946 | #2,597 | 14 | #1,642 | 19 |
| 1945 | #2,742 | 11 | #1,406 | 22 |
| 1944 | #2,762 | 11 | #1,483 | 21 |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 | #1,986 | 14 |
| 1942 | #2,117 | 17 | #1,467 | 23 |
| 1941 | #1,696 | 22 | #1,633 | 18 |
| 1940 | #1,965 | 17 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 | #1,194 | 30 |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 | #1,689 | 17 |
| 1937 | #2,101 | 15 | #1,403 | 23 |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 | #1,384 | 23 |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 | #1,757 | 16 |
| 1934 | #1,913 | 17 | #1,498 | 21 |
| 1933 | #2,052 | 15 | #1,230 | 29 |
| 1932 | #3,047 | 9 | #1,548 | 21 |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 | #1,843 | 16 |
| 1930 | #2,690 | 11 | #1,821 | 17 |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | #1,611 | 21 |
| 1928 | #2,497 | 13 | #1,902 | 17 |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 | #2,034 | 16 |
| 1926 | #2,569 | 13 | #1,331 | 30 |
| 1925 | #2,191 | 17 | #1,534 | 24 |
| 1924 | #1,872 | 22 | #1,964 | 17 |
| 1923 | #2,732 | 12 | #1,502 | 25 |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 | #1,545 | 24 |
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 | #1,296 | 32 |
| 1920 | #2,172 | 17 | #1,592 | 23 |
| 1919 | #2,384 | 14 | #1,408 | 26 |
| 1918 | #2,822 | 11 | #1,905 | 17 |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #1,900 | 16 |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 | #2,543 | 10 |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | #1,707 | 17 |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | #1,441 | 18 |
| 1913 | — | #2,496 | 6 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #1,113 | 7 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #907 | 6 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Avon! It came in at #907, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1894–1907, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Avon is popular in 1948
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Maryland#240 · 1 in 3,007
- North Carolina#532 · 1 in 10,285
Best ever in a state: #237 in Maryland, 1949.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | #240 | 8 | 1 in 3,007 |
| North Carolina | #532 | 5 | 1 in 10,285 |
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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 Avon
- 33 spots since 2024 (#5,241 → #5,208)
- 1,088 spots since 2020 (#6,296 → #5,208)
- 2,832 spots since 2015 (#8,040 → #5,208)
- Debuted 1893
- Peaked 1893 at #907 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1894, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1893
- Highest: 1 in 18,720 boys born in 1893 were named Avon (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 94,893 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 14.0% of all boys named Avon (229) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1991, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | #907 (1893) | #907 |
| 1900s | 22 | #1,113 (1908) | #1,172 |
| 1910s | 115 | #1,408 (1919) | #1,993 |
| 1920s | 229 | #1,296 (1921) | #1,631 |
| 1930s | 213 | #1,194 (1939) | #1,537 |
| 1940s | 211 | #1,346 (1948) | #1,565 |
| 1950s | 199 | #1,462 (1951) | #1,801 |
| 1960s | 111 | #1,772 (1960) | #2,660 |
| 1970s | 87 | #2,358 (1974) | #4,076 |
| 1980s | 88 | #3,459 (1984) | #4,793 |
| 1990s | 38 | #5,660 (1992) | #7,805 |
| 2000s | 87 | #5,800 (2009) | #7,774 |
| 2010s | 127 | #4,951 (2019) | #6,954 |
| 2020s | 108 | #4,628 (2021) | #5,246 |
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.
Avon in 1948
Top girls' names in 1948
Top boys' names in 1948
More about 1948
girls
1,697,908 girls got a published name in 1948; 1 in 99,877 of them was named Avon, which outranked 60.0% of the 6,040 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,329Vermell18
- #2,329Willow18
- #2,329Yolonda18
- #2,416Avon17
- #2,416Alita17
- #2,416Alvera17
- #2,416Annabell17
- #2,491Adriane16
- #2,491Aleen16
- #2,491Alfred16
Tied with 74 names at #2,416; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,754,618 boys got a published name in 1948; 1 in 60,504 of them was named Avon, which outranked 67.9% of the 4,199 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,323Rosevelt30
- #1,323Shaun30
- #1,323Thurmond30
- #1,346Avon29
- #1,346Augusta29
- #1,346Augustin29
- #1,346Author29
- #1,378Audrey28
- #1,378Bernell28
- #1,378Britt28
Tied with 31 names at #1,346; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.