first name
AVERY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 175,333 people named Avery, 73% reported their origin as White, 9.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 8.2% as Black. 72.6% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Avery peaked in 2014, when 11,861 babies got the name.
At least 236,886 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Avery by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #35. The largest share of babies named Avery, 51.2%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Avery is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Avery has been most common in Nevada (1.8×), Colorado (1.7×), and Utah (1.7×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.49×).
230,308 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Avery
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Avery, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Avery ranks #921 of 156,621, with 37,354 people. See Avery as a last name
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