NameTides

Avery

Avery was the #37 girls' name in the US in 2025 (5,267 babies), and #261 in England & Wales and #45 in Canada.

Avery as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Avery as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaIrelandNorthern IrelandScotlandEngland & Wales
Avery as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#37 (5,267)#261 (178)#256 (14)#231 (7)#196 (22)#45 (470)
2024#31 (5,658)#269 (177)#260 (14)#192 (9)#243 (17)#55 (401)
2023#29 (5,879)#330 (133)#263 (14)#193 (9)#209 (21)#40 (470)
2022#26 (6,251)#369 (115)#223 (18)#140 (15)#266 (16)#40 (499)
2021#19 (6,815)#355 (131)#236 (17)#223 (8)#336 (12)#33 (603)
2020#19 (6,747)#357 (124)#241 (15)#333 (4)#173 (27)#31 (614)
2019#18 (7,350)#424 (100)#304 (12)#243 (7)#325 (13)#29 (666)
2018#16 (8,099)#442 (98)#301 (12)#238 (7)#244 (19)#27 (719)
2017#14 (8,237)#637 (65)#369 (9)—#365 (11)#29 (676)
2016#16 (8,774)#693 (59)#453 (7)—#359 (12)#25 (750)
2015#16 (9,356)#722 (55)#509 (6)#426 (3)#378 (12)#17 (891)
2014#14 (9,578)#1,070 (33)#603 (5)#439 (3)#536 (7)#17 (940)
2013#12 (9,185)#1,148 (30)#816 (3)#255 (7)#747 (4)#14 (950)
2012#13 (8,319)#1,649 (18)——#612 (6)#17 (903)
2011#18 (7,346)#2,025 (13)———#29 (666)

Avery as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Avery as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaIrelandNorthern IrelandScotlandEngland & Wales
Avery as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#291 (1,156)#389 (106)#400 (8)#344 (4)#329 (12)#343 (97)
2024#259 (1,353)#338 (129)#330 (11)#339 (4)—#239 (138)
2023#241 (1,462)#389 (103)#278 (13)—#770 (3)#219 (148)
2022#221 (1,663)#395 (107)#363 (9)#414 (3)#657 (4)#186 (186)
2021#210 (1,808)#433 (96)#328 (11)#374 (4)#414 (8)#160 (231)
2020#211 (1,794)#431 (93)#324 (11)—#496 (6)#183 (195)
2019#204 (1,934)#506 (77)#464 (6)#226 (9)#466 (7)#162 (229)
2018#190 (2,117)#449 (91)#472 (6)#319 (5)#471 (7)#167 (226)
2017#181 (2,200)#581 (65)#352 (10)#415 (3)#418 (8)#151 (257)
2016#188 (2,125)#585 (62)——#541 (5)#151 (257)
2015#188 (2,218)#702 (47)——#421 (8)#188 (202)
2014#186 (2,283)#959 (30)#680 (3)#398 (3)#403 (9)#190 (204)
2013#196 (2,052)#1,086 (24)———#187 (194)
2012#187 (2,019)#3,416 (5)———#166 (215)
2011#201 (1,792)#1,788 (12)———#164 (223)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2014 at #14.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1890.
  • In 2025, 82% of US babies named Avery were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 310 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 3. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 310common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 960common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 320common
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,500uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Avery is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 320 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 310 to 1 in 330.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Avery by state, 2025Alaska: #35AKMaine: #42MEWisconsin: #39WIVermont: #65VTNew Hampshire: #36NHWashington: #37WAIdaho: #24IDMontana: #33MTNorth Dakota: #40NDMinnesota: #33MNIllinois: #38ILMichigan: #28MINew York: #38NYMassachusetts: #31MAOregon: #34ORNevada: #57NVWyoming: #45WYSouth Dakota: #26SDIowa: #39IAIndiana: #46INOhio: #23OHPennsylvania: #27PANew Jersey: #36NJConnecticut: #30CTRhode Island: #40RICalifornia: #48CAUtah: #46UTColorado: #29CONebraska: #30NEMissouri: #31MOKentucky: #25KYWest Virginia: #17WVVirginia: #29VAMaryland: #43MDDelaware: #55DEArizona: #41AZNew Mexico: #33NMKansas: #44KSArkansas: #19ARTennessee: #40TNNorth Carolina: #38NCSouth Carolina: #35SCDistrict of Columbia: #93DCOklahoma: #42OKLouisiana: #25LAMississippi: #15MSAlabama: #26ALGeorgia: #43GAHawaii: #44HITexas: #38TXFlorida: #44FL
Avery (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#38202
Quebec2025#34615

Avery (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
AveryCanadaGirls#45470
AveryCanadaBoys#34397
AveryEngland & WalesGirls#261178
AveryEngland & WalesBoys#389106
AveryIrelandGirls#19622
AveryIrelandBoys#32912
AveryNorthern IrelandGirls#2317
AveryNorthern IrelandBoys#3444
AveryScotlandGirls#25614
AveryScotlandBoys#4008
AveryUSGirls#375,267
AveryUSBoys#2911,156