Avery

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

Girl's name · #37 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave

80% girls · 20% boys — Avery is also given to boys: 1,156 in 2025, about 20% in recent years. Avery →

Popularity over time

Avery reached its best rank, #12, in 2013 and remains near the top at #37 today. About 170,000 girls have carried it since 1890.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#171 in New Zealand (2025) · #197 in Ireland (2025) · #234 in N. Ireland (2025) · #258 in Scotland (2025) · #261 in England & Wales (2025) · #767 in Netherlands (2025) · #1,315 in Belgium (2025) · #1,359 in Ecuador (2025) · #1,899 in Switzerland (2025) · #54 in Canada (2024).

Famous Averys

Avery Skinner — American volleyball player
Avery Warley — American basketball player (born 1987)
Avery Konrad — Canadian actor
Avery Patterson — American soccer player
Avery Gordon — Professor of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara

In stories & tradition

Avery Ryan — CSI: Cyber (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 Skinner, American volleyball player.

Twin names

A popular twin pairing with Avery is Addison for a girl.

Similar names: Riley · Ava · Emery · Brooklyn · Aubrey · Aria

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