Avacyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AV-uh-sin
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #3,974 for girls
Avacyn is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,974th for girls in the US (36 babies).
What does Avacyn mean?
Modern: invented name from the card game Magic: The Gathering
Avacyn is an archangel in the Magic: The Gathering card game, created for its gothic Innistrad setting.
Is Avacyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Avacyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 36 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Avacyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,974among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 36about 1 in 45,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 36 girls in the US were named Avacyn, making it the 3,974th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,004th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 43 girls. It first appears in the records in 2012.
Half of all the girls named Avacyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Avacyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,974 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,796 |
| 2023 | 30 | #4,562 |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,961 |
| 2021 | 41 | #3,677 |
| 2020 | 35 | #4,004 |
| 2019 | 36 | #4,005 |
| 2018 | 43 | #3,558 |
| 2017 | 43 | #3,551 |
| 2016 | 41 | #3,707 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,642 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
Nicknames for Avacyn
- Ava 1,836 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Avacyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Addilyn Oaklynn Sevyn Braelynn Lakelynn Brynlee Rynlee Elowyn Adalynn Eowyn Avalynn Wrenley
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Mya Ailani
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Avacyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/avacyn, updated 20 October 2026.