Is Avery a boy or girl name?
Avery is mostly a girl name in the US. In 2024, 5,632 girls and 1,348 boys were named Avery, so 80.7% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 71.5% of the 230,393 US babies named Avery were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #259
- Girl rank, 2024
- #31
- Babies named Avery since 1880
- 230,393
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 11,861 babies
Boys and girls named Avery, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 132 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 174 | 6 | 3.3% |
| 1900s | 176 | 37 | 17.4% |
| 1910s | 834 | 93 | 10% |
| 1920s | 1,105 | 151 | 12% |
| 1930s | 786 | 79 | 9.1% |
| 1940s | 762 | 112 | 12.8% |
| 1950s | 1,265 | 149 | 10.5% |
| 1960s | 1,808 | 168 | 8.5% |
| 1970s | 1,974 | 316 | 13.8% |
| 1980s | 2,877 | 952 | 24.9% |
| 1990s | 9,459 | 6,698 | 41.5% |
| 2000s | 15,856 | 41,706 | 72.5% |
| 2010s | 20,431 | 82,909 | 80.2% |
| 2020s | 8,072 | 31,306 | 79.5% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,348 | #259 | 5,632 | #31 |
| 2023 | 1,461 | #241 | 5,874 | #29 |
| 2022 | 1,663 | #221 | 6,249 | #26 |
| 2021 | 1,806 | #210 | 6,807 | #19 |
| 2020 | 1,794 | #211 | 6,744 | #19 |
| 2019 | 1,933 | #204 | 7,349 | #18 |
| 2018 | 2,116 | #190 | 8,097 | #16 |
| 2017 | 2,198 | #181 | 8,232 | #14 |
| 2016 | 2,124 | #189 | 8,774 | #16 |
| 2015 | 2,218 | #188 | 9,355 | #16 |
| 2014 | 2,283 | #186 | 9,578 | #14 |
| 2013 | 2,052 | #196 | 9,185 | #12 |
| 2012 | 2,019 | #187 | 8,318 | #13 |
| 2011 | 1,791 | #201 | 7,344 | #18 |
| 2010 | 1,697 | #211 | 6,677 | #23 |
| 2009 | 1,633 | #223 | 6,301 | #32 |
| 2008 | 1,748 | #216 | 5,829 | #38 |
| 2007 | 1,742 | #221 | 5,386 | #48 |
| 2006 | 1,794 | #211 | 5,254 | #52 |
| 2005 | 1,662 | #215 | 4,654 | #67 |
| 2004 | 1,523 | #225 | 4,044 | #77 |
| 2003 | 1,596 | #219 | 3,687 | #89 |
| 2002 | 1,387 | #245 | 2,589 | #132 |
| 2001 | 1,401 | #242 | 2,131 | #152 |
| 2000 | 1,370 | #245 | 1,831 | #176 |
| 1999 | 1,368 | #236 | 1,491 | #206 |
| 1998 | 1,237 | #247 | 1,242 | #246 |
| 1997 | 1,173 | #250 | 937 | #312 |
| 1996 | 1,180 | #251 | 492 | #486 |
| 1995 | 1,195 | #241 | 542 | #465 |
| 1994 | 1,117 | #259 | 518 | #484 |
| 1993 | 933 | #297 | 453 | #529 |
| 1992 | 469 | #462 | 433 | #543 |
| 1991 | 400 | #494 | 340 | #648 |
| 1990 | 387 | #492 | 250 | #803 |
| 1989 | 469 | #436 | 181 | #960 |
| 1988 | 362 | #484 | 157 | #1,028 |
| 1987 | 376 | #459 | 112 | #1,258 |
| 1986 | 279 | #531 | 102 | #1,305 |
| 1985 | 259 | #546 | 86 | #1,446 |
| 1984 | 209 | #584 | 67 | #1,635 |
| 1983 | 243 | #539 | 73 | #1,533 |
| 1982 | 217 | #586 | 69 | #1,654 |
| 1981 | 234 | #558 | 57 | #1,887 |
| 1980 | 229 | #570 | 48 | #2,129 |
| 1979 | 207 | #593 | 54 | #1,919 |
| 1978 | 224 | #560 | 40 | #2,271 |
| 1977 | 205 | #588 | 43 | #2,163 |
| 1976 | 235 | #526 | 36 | #2,296 |
| 1975 | 218 | #545 | 29 | #2,617 |
| 1974 | 179 | #600 | 27 | #2,685 |
| 1973 | 204 | #552 | 25 | #2,759 |
| 1972 | 169 | #607 | 23 | #2,909 |
| 1971 | 162 | #645 | 21 | #3,173 |
| 1970 | 171 | #621 | 18 | #3,442 |
| 1969 | 151 | #644 | 21 | #2,922 |
| 1968 | 155 | #612 | 20 | #2,877 |
| 1967 | 178 | #560 | 13 | #3,673 |
| 1966 | 192 | #554 | 15 | #3,274 |
| 1965 | 206 | #537 | 13 | #3,557 |
| 1964 | 185 | #581 | 17 | #3,117 |
| 1963 | 180 | #588 | 10 | #4,287 |
| 1962 | 188 | #571 | 19 | #2,822 |
| 1961 | 183 | #584 | 17 | #3,066 |
| 1960 | 190 | #566 | 23 | #2,518 |
| 1959 | 191 | #565 | 13 | #3,449 |
| 1958 | 171 | #591 | 25 | #2,264 |
| 1957 | 158 | #611 | 16 | #2,931 |
| 1956 | 140 | #640 | 18 | #2,727 |
| 1955 | 138 | #632 | 22 | #2,342 |
| 1954 | 125 | #651 | 14 | #3,030 |
| 1953 | 92 | #744 | 10 | #3,707 |
| 1952 | 89 | #747 | 6 | #4,954 |
| 1951 | 80 | #785 | 8 | #4,040 |
| 1950 | 81 | #761 | 17 | #2,443 |
| 1949 | 58 | #905 | 9 | #3,634 |
| 1948 | 77 | #774 | 12 | #2,979 |
| 1947 | 92 | #716 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1946 | 77 | #753 | 6 | #4,462 |
| 1945 | 79 | #677 | 13 | #2,473 |
| 1944 | 65 | #774 | 8 | #3,396 |
| 1943 | 76 | #740 | 21 | #1,905 |
| 1942 | 82 | #705 | 13 | #2,549 |
| 1941 | 71 | #733 | 11 | #2,677 |
| 1940 | 85 | #654 | 10 | #2,750 |
| 1939 | 56 | #812 | 8 | #3,162 |
| 1938 | 80 | #673 | 9 | #2,955 |
| 1937 | 67 | #742 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 65 | #747 | 14 | #2,162 |
| 1935 | 64 | #771 | 10 | #2,747 |
| 1934 | 95 | #606 | 11 | #2,578 |
| 1933 | 92 | #606 | 9 | #2,889 |
| 1932 | 89 | #632 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 75 | #698 | 11 | #2,590 |
| 1930 | 103 | #599 | 7 | #3,687 |
| 1929 | 102 | #599 | 14 | #2,317 |
| 1928 | 95 | #637 | 15 | #2,290 |
| 1927 | 107 | #602 | 14 | #2,438 |
| 1926 | 99 | #631 | 20 | #1,939 |
| 1925 | 101 | #629 | 12 | #2,792 |
| 1924 | 123 | #577 | 12 | #2,824 |
| 1923 | 111 | #600 | 14 | #2,477 |
| 1922 | 131 | #551 | 15 | #2,391 |
| 1921 | 123 | #570 | 19 | #2,052 |
| 1920 | 113 | #588 | 16 | #2,274 |
| 1919 | 112 | #564 | 20 | #1,862 |
| 1918 | 118 | #552 | 18 | #2,037 |
| 1917 | 115 | #545 | 9 | #3,119 |
| 1916 | 106 | #555 | 12 | #2,511 |
| 1915 | 125 | #493 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 91 | #513 | 7 | #2,918 |
| 1913 | 66 | #531 | 8 | #2,353 |
| 1912 | 58 | #516 | 9 | #1,994 |
| 1911 | 22 | #670 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 21 | #637 | 10 | #1,529 |
| 1909 | 17 | #658 | 7 | #1,784 |
| 1908 | 23 | #522 | 5 | #2,132 |
| 1907 | 17 | #619 | 6 | #1,850 |
| 1906 | 17 | #570 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 22 | #481 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 18 | #518 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 13 | #625 | 6 | #1,615 |
| 1902 | 18 | #510 | 7 | #1,456 |
| 1901 | 19 | #433 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 12 | #747 | 6 | #1,741 |
| 1899 | 17 | #458 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 15 | #544 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 21 | #413 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 20 | #439 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 20 | #437 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 18 | #465 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 19 | #419 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 18 | #460 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 9 | #644 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 17 | #435 | 6 | #1,223 |
| 1889 | 9 | #678 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 13 | #554 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 14 | #461 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 6 | #851 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 12 | #550 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 16 | #469 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 14 | #483 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 14 | #493 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 25 | #324 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 9 | #643 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Avery reached #181 in 2017. As a girl name, it reached #12 in 2013. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 2010s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Avery
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.