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girls' name ★ peaked 2025

Avani

Meaning earth Gender Girl · 1% boys Rank 2025 #806 Trend ↑ Rising 101%

Borrowed from Sanskrit अवनि (avani, “earth”).

Rank 2025
#806
among girls · ↑192 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
347
named Avani · +30% vs 2024
How common
1 in 4,741
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2025
347 babies
All-time total
4,303
#2,868 all-time among girls
First recorded
1975
in Social Security records

Avani popularity over time

4,303 babies have been named Avani since 1975, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020GirlsBoys
GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – – – –
1890s – – – – – –
1900s – – – – – –
1910s – – – – – –
1920s – – – – – –
1930s – – – – – –
1940s – – – – – –
1950s – – – – – –
1960s – – – – – –
1970s 45 – 45 5 – #5,120
1980s 92 – 92 9 +104% #4,535
1990s 160 – 160 16 +74% #3,380
2000s 851 – 851 85 +432% #1,502
2010s 1,465 17 1,482 148 +74% #1,186
2020s (to 2025) 1,633 40 1,673 279 +88% #806

Where Avani is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 386 0.24 outside top 500
2027 430 0.27 outside top 500
2028 472 0.29 outside top 500
2029 511 0.32 outside top 500
2030 547 0.34 outside top 500

Where Avani is most popular

Girls named Avani per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.172 per 1,000. Strongest in Georgia, Arizona, and Washington.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Avani born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Georgia 62 0.273 +59%
Arizona 37 0.264 +54%
Washington 38 0.263 +53%
Massachusetts 31 0.256 +49%
Texas 205 0.255 +49%
Maryland 25 0.236 +38%
Illinois 52 0.227 +32%
Florida 97 0.227 +32%
California 186 0.221 +29%
North Carolina 49 0.215 +25%
New Mexico 5 0.206 +20%
Virginia 31 0.182 +6%
Ohio 42 0.177 ≈ national
Tennessee 28 0.177 ≈ national
Wisconsin 18 0.175 ≈ national
Pennsylvania 40 0.169 ≈ national
South Carolina 15 0.167 ≈ national
Missouri 19 0.158 -8%
Indiana 21 0.150 -13%
Michigan 27 0.148 -14%
New York 56 0.141 -18%
Alabama 13 0.138 -19%
Oklahoma 10 0.136 -21%
Minnesota 11 0.102 -41%
New Jersey 18 0.100 -42%
Connecticut 5 0.086 -50%
Iowa 5 0.086 -50%
Kentucky 5 0.058 -66%
Louisiana 5 0.057 -67%
Colorado 6 0.054 -69%
Alaska – – –
Arkansas – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Hawaii – – –
Idaho – – –
Kansas – – –
Maine – – –
Mississippi – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
Nebraska – – –
New Hampshire – – –
Nevada – – –
Oregon – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Dakota – – –
Utah – – –
Vermont – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Avani

Avani is uncommon for girls in the United States, ranked #806 in 2025 with 339 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1975, 4,303 American babies have been named Avani. Its peak came in 2025, when 347 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Avani stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Avani?

The median living Avani is about 9 years old; half are between 3 and 16. An estimated 4,300 people named Avani are alive in the United States today.

median 9 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Avani year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 339 #806 8 #8,996
2024 259 #998 7 #10,015
2023 326 #840 5 #12,430
2022 214 #1,139 8 #9,063
2021 254 #1,007 6 #10,923
2020 241 #1,042 6 #10,739
2019 101 #1,941 – –
2018 130 #1,633 – –
2017 135 #1,608 – –
2016 140 #1,582 – –
2015 134 #1,600 – –
2014 141 #1,547 5 #12,281
2013 149 #1,487 – –
2012 159 #1,436 7 #9,803
2011 203 #1,186 – –
2010 173 #1,353 5 #12,418
2009 152 #1,502 – –
2008 148 #1,555 – –
2007 104 #1,971 – –
2006 77 #2,422 – –
2005 73 #2,411 – –
2004 68 #2,484 – –
2003 65 #2,501 – –
2002 58 #2,646 – –
2001 60 #2,543 – –
2000 46 #3,029 – –
1995 13 #6,684 – –
1990 14 #6,154 – –
1985 8 #7,621 – –
1980 16 #4,535 – –
1975 7 #7,226 – –
1970 – – – –
1965 – – – –
1960 – – – –
1955 – – – –
1950 – – – –
1945 – – – –
1940 – – – –
1935 – – – –
1930 – – – –
1925 – – – –
1920 – – – –
1915 – – – –
1910 – – – –
1905 – – – –
1900 – – – –
1895 – – – –
1890 – – – –
1885 – – – –
1880 – – – –

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Avani, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Avani?

The median living Avani is about 9 years old. Half of all living Avanis are between 3 and 16 years old.

How many people named Avani are alive today?

An estimated 4,300 people named Avani are alive in the United States, based on 4,303 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Avani mean?

Borrowed from Sanskrit अवनि (avani, “earth”).

How popular is the name Avani in 2025?

Avani ranked #806 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 339 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Avani?

4,303 babies have been named Avani in the United States since 1975, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Avani most popular?

Avani peaked in 2025, when 347 newborns received the name.

Is Avani a boy or girl name?

Avani is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 99% of babies with the name.

Is the name Avani rising or falling?

Avani is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Avani become more popular?

Avani is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 547 girls named Avani in 2030, which would rank outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

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