Avalyn

Avalyn was the #1,548 girls' name in the US in 2025 (136 babies), and #4,201 in England & Wales and #2,730 in Canada.

Avalyn as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Avalyn as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Avalyn as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,548 (136)#4,201 (5)#2,730 (7)
2024#1,955 (101)#2,575 (10)#2,685 (7)
2023#1,486 (146)#2,689 (9)#1,898 (11)
2022#1,463 (151)#3,971 (5)#2,553 (7)
2021#1,229 (191)#3,192 (7)#1,592 (14)
2020#1,099 (222)#2,615 (9)#1,295 (18)
2019#1,145 (210)#2,040 (13)#1,408 (17)
2018#941 (283)#2,340 (11)#1,301 (18)
2017#907 (295)#2,341 (11)#1,179 (21)
2016#993 (266)#2,966 (8)#1,280 (19)
2015#985 (274)#3,252 (7)#1,202 (20)
2014#1,026 (254)#3,160 (7)#1,229 (20)
2013#988 (253)#4,739 (4)#1,432 (16)
2012#1,179 (208)#3,285 (7)#1,617 (14)
2011#1,392 (164)#5,785 (3)#1,761 (12)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #907.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1932.

How common is it?

about 1 in 12,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 12,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 50,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 21,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Avalyn is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 16,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 11,000 to 1 in 22,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Avalyn by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: #1,830NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #1,032INOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,651CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #776LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,358GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,352TXFlorida: #1,685FL
Avalyn (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AvalynCanadaGirls#2,7307
AvalynEngland & WalesGirls#4,2015
AvalynNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AvalynUSGirls#1,548136