Avi Boy
How popular is Avi?
#832 boy name in 2025
297 baby boys were named Avi in the US in 2025, making it the 832nd most popular boy name. Another 16 girls got the name (#6,837 for girls).
Avi popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #832 for boys (▲ 10 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 297 boys, 16 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+33% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #939 in 2015, #916 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (366 boys) |
| Highest rank | #720 in 2022 |
| First recorded | 1949 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 87% boys, 13% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Avi counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Avi family of names ranked #769 for boys in 2025 (#788 the year before), with 304 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Avi | 297 | 98% |
| Aavi | 7 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Avi is most popular
Babies named Avi per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Jersey: 0.7 per 1,000 (144 boys)
- District of Columbia: 0.5 per 1,000 (7 boys)
- New York: 0.5 per 1,000 (203 boys)
- Massachusetts: 0.4 per 1,000 (58 boys)
- Maryland: 0.3 per 1,000 (39 boys)
Avi by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #3,689 |
| 1950s | 49 | #2,262 |
| 1960s | 80 | #2,129 |
| 1970s | 270 | #1,367 |
| 1980s | 354 | #1,469 |
| 1990s | 424 | #1,730 |
| 2000s | 1,120 | #1,223 |
| 2010s | 1,926 | #924 |
| 2020s | 1,859 | #720 |
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Questions
- Is Avi a boy or girl name?
- Avi is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 87% of babies named Avi were boys.
- How popular is the name Avi?
- 297 baby boys were named Avi in the US in 2025, making it the 832nd most popular boy name. Another 16 girls got the name (#6,837 for girls).
- When was Avi most popular?
- Avi peaked in 2022, when 366 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #720 in 2022.
- How many people are named Avi?
- 6,921 babies have been named Avi in the US since 1880. We estimate about 6,797 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Avi most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Avi was most common in New Jersey, at 0.7 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.