Avery

Meaning: Elf counsel
Origin: From Old English via Anglo-Norman French

Boy's name · #291 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave

20% boys · 80% girls — About 80% of babies named Avery in recent years have been girls. Avery →

Popularity over time

Avery's best rank, #181, came in 2017; it has settled back to #291 today. Roughly 67,000 boys have been named Avery since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 49 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#333 in Ireland (2025) · #348 in N. Ireland (2025) · #389 in England & Wales (2025) · #405 in Scotland (2025) · #1,040 in Netherlands (2025) · #1,322 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,447 in Sweden (2025) · #238 in Canada (2024).

Famous Averys

Avery Brundage — President of the International Olympic Committee from 1952 to 1972
Avery Brooks — American actor and director
Avery Bradley — American basketball player
Avery Dulles — Catholic cardinal (1918–2008)
Avery John — Trinidad and Tobago footballer

In stories & tradition

Avery^fr — Harry Potter (novel series)
Avery Carrington — Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (video game)
Avery Bailey Clark — The Young and the Restless (TV series)

What Averys become

Among 216 notable people named Avery:

Sports figures appear 2.32× more often than among typical names — e.g. Avery Bradley, American basketball player.

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