Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Avery

Gender

Male

Origin

English
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Alternate Spellings and Variants of Avery

Pronunciation

a-ve-ry

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2014 (rank #186, 2,278 births); most recent 2025 (rank #291, 1,156 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2014 (rank #13, 9,552 births); most recent 2025 (rank #37, 5,267 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
20251,1565,267
20241,3485,632
20231,4615,874
20221,6636,249
20211,8066,807
20201,7946,744
20191,9337,349
20182,1168,097
20172,1988,232
20162,1248,774

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2024 (rank #338, 129 births); most recent 2025 (rank #389, 106 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #261, 178 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
2025106178
2024129177
2023103133
2022107115
202196131
202093124
201977100
20189198
20176565
20166259

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2017 (rank #3315, 6 births); most recent 2022 (rank #5010, 3 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2017 (rank #3664, 6 births); most recent 2023 (rank #3930, 5 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
2023–5
202234
202143
202043
201943
20184–
201766
2016–3
2015––
20143–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #319, 12 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2020 (rank #172, 27 births); most recent 2025 (rank #199, 22 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoysGirls
20251222
2024–17
2023321
2022416
2021812
2020627
2019713
2018719
2017811
2016512

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #278, 13 births); most recent 2025 (rank #400, 8 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #223, 18 births); most recent 2025 (rank #256, 14 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoysGirls
2025814
20241114
20231314
2022918
20211117
20201115
2019612
2018612
2017109
2016–7

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2019 (rank #226, 9 births); most recent 2025 (rank #344, 4 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #140, 15 births); most recent 2025 (rank #231, 7 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearBoysGirls
202547
202449
2023–9
2022315
202148
2020–4
201997
201857
20173–
2016––

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2017 (rank #107, 42 births); most recent 2023 (rank #152, 23 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2012 (rank #9, 138 births); most recent 2023 (rank #25, 72 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoysGirls
20232372
20223077
20213697
202036106
201938103
201828105
201742101
201638108
201528104
201428113

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence