Avon
Avon is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 18 births. Its best rank was 920th, in 1893.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 180.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 192132 births
- Best rank
- #920in 1893
- Since 1893
- 2,323people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,623 boys have been named Avon in the United States since 1893, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 32 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1950, and the 1920s alone account for 14%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Avon is used for both sexes: 30% of its bearers are girls (700), most of them born around 1953.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Avon | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | |
| 1900s | 22 | |
| 1910s | 115 | |
| 1920s | 229 | |
| 1930s | 213 | |
| 1940s | 211 | |
| 1950s | 199 | |
| 1960s | 111 | |
| 1970s | 87 | |
| 1980s | 88 | |
| 1990s | 38 | |
| 2000s | 87 | |
| 2010s | 127 | |
| 2020s | 90 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Avon was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1921 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Avon
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Harlanpeak 1924
- Franklynpeak 1933
- Leeroypeak 1927
- Lylepeak 1922
- Onealpeak 1932
- Rolandpeak 1924
- Marvinpeak 1928
- Melvinpeak 1928
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.