Avani

Avani was the #805 girls' name in the US in 2025 (339 babies), and #894 in England & Wales and #935 in Canada.

Avani as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Avani 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Avani 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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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#805 (339)#894 (39)#935 (29)
2024#998 (259)#575 (68)#1,234 (20)
2023#839 (326)#1,008 (34)#1,014 (25)
2022#1,138 (214)#1,416 (22)#902 (29)
2021#1,006 (254)#884 (40)#1,082 (24)
2020#1,042 (241)#1,100 (30)#1,193 (20)
2019#1,941 (101)#1,292 (25)#1,798 (12)
2018#1,633 (130)#1,136 (30)#1,164 (21)
2017#1,607 (135)#982 (37)#1,673 (13)
2016#1,580 (140)#975 (37)#1,280 (19)
2015#1,600 (134)#775 (50)#843 (32)
2014#1,547 (141)#740 (53)#1,151 (22)
2013#1,487 (149)#802 (48)#1,165 (21)
2012#1,432 (159)#874 (43)#890 (30)
2011#1,186 (203)#1,149 (29)#1,244 (19)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #805.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1975.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,700 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 4,700uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 5,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Avani is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,300 to 1 in 6,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Avani by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #511WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #797ILMichigan: #1,061MINew York: #1,087NYMassachusetts: #519MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #668OHPennsylvania: #647PANew Jersey: #1,036NJConnecticut: #540CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #788CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #789CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #640MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,037VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #578AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #983TNNorth Carolina: #834NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #697OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #633ALGeorgia: #470GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #598TXFlorida: #692FL
Avani (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#86713

Avani (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AvaniCanadaGirls#93529
AvaniEngland & WalesGirls#89439
AvaniNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AvaniUSGirls#805339
AvaniUSBoys#8,9108