How rare is the name Avis?

7,329 people in the United States have the first name Avis, about 1 in 41,210. It ranks #3,034 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

AVIS

#3,034

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,329
About
1 in 41,210
This common or more
81.5%
Who bears it

Of the 7,329 people named Avis, 50.6% reported their origin as White, 41.6% as Black and 2.6% as two or more races. 94% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Avis peaked in 1920, when 452 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1920
Births that year
452
In 2025*
6 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 18,042 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.

Avis by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #548. The largest share of babies named Avis, 39.4%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#912177
1890s#716392
1900s#650661
1910s#5483,165
1920s#6184,074
1930s#7522,539
1940s#1,0951,565
1950s#1,0912,231
1960s#1,3921,588
1970s#2,420688
1980s#3,692447
1990s#8,191195
2000s#14,874115
2010s#14,371127
2020s#13,69978
Before 19013.5%
Greatest Generation 1901–2739.4%
Silent Generation 1928–4523.4%
Baby boom 1946–6421.6%
Generation X 1965–807.1%
Millennials 1981–963.1%
Generation Z 1997–120.9%
2013 and later1.1%

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 Avis is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Avis has been most common in Maine (8.4×), North Dakota (6.7×), and South Dakota (5.7×), and least common in New Jersey (0.14×).

12,301 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 Avis

#3,032 Vonda · 7,335#3,033 Meg · 7,331#3,035 Lashonda · 7,324#3,036 Yareli · 7,307

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Avis, most common first.

#20,316 Avik · 510

Also a last name

As a last name, Avis ranks #15,221 of 156,621, with 1,857 people. See Avis as a last name

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