Avalon
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AV-a-lon
- Origin
- Celtic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,344 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,458 for girls
Avalon is a girls' name of Celtic origin, meaning “place of apples”. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 1,458th for girls in the US (147 babies).
What does Avalon mean?
Celtic: Arthurian place name, from Brittonic
“place of apples”
In Arthurian legend Avalon is the island where the wounded King Arthur was taken after his last battle.
Is Avalon a girl's or a boy's name?
Avalon is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK and 147 girls and 15 boys in the US.
How popular is Avalon in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,344th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Avalon, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,864th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 16 girls.
Half of all the girls named Avalon in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 19 girls in the UK were given Avalon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,417, up from #2,344 for this spelling alone.
- Avalon 12
- Avelyn 7
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.
Avalon in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 16 | #1,864 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,689 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Avalon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,458th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 147 about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 147 girls in the US were named Avalon, making it the 1,458th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,654th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 158 girls. It first appears in the records in 1907. 15 boys were also named Avalon in 2025 (5,859th for boys).
2025 had more girls named Avalon than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Avalon in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 202 girls in the US were given Avalon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,052, up from #1,458 for this spelling alone.
Avalon in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 147 | #1,458 |
| 2024 | 130 | #1,609 |
| 2023 | 114 | #1,780 |
| 2022 | 132 | #1,601 |
| 2021 | 126 | #1,652 |
| 2020 | 124 | #1,654 |
| 2019 | 133 | #1,598 |
| 2018 | 119 | #1,727 |
| 2017 | 131 | #1,643 |
| 2016 | 154 | #1,485 |
| 2015 | 151 | #1,504 |
| 2014 | 158 | #1,436 |
| 2013 | 136 | #1,576 |
| 2012 | 105 | #1,904 |
| 2011 | 119 | #1,728 |
| 2010 | 126 | #1,678 |
| 2009 | 146 | #1,546 |
| 2008 | 132 | #1,685 |
| 2007 | 131 | #1,679 |
| 2006 | 135 | #1,590 |
| 2005 | 98 | #1,949 |
| 2004 | 105 | #1,810 |
| 2003 | 97 | #1,884 |
| 2002 | 95 | #1,864 |
| 2001 | 82 | #2,044 |
| 2000 | 64 | #2,399 |
| 1999 | 64 | #2,304 |
| 1998 | 47 | #2,795 |
| 1997 | 56 | #2,357 |
| 1996 | 53 | #2,420 |
| 1995 | 44 | #2,730 |
| 1994 | 58 | #2,250 |
| 1993 | 43 | #2,763 |
| 1992 | 45 | #2,682 |
| 1991 | 39 | #2,929 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,544 |
| 1989 | 21 | #4,352 |
| 1988 | 21 | #4,167 |
| 1987 | 27 | #3,328 |
| 1986 | 19 | #4,184 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,075 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,519 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,201 |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,160 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,482 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,343 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,736 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 20 | #1,731 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,447 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,914 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,688 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,729 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,922 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,405 |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,816 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,306 |
| 1930 | 16 | #2,109 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,824 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,380 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,858 |
| 1926 | 18 | #2,075 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,616 |
| 1924 | 19 | #2,061 |
| 1923 | 22 | #1,840 |
| 1922 | 23 | #1,785 |
| 1921 | 43 | #1,168 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,899 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,243 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,256 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,899 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,060 |
Names like Avalon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Addison, Aria, Aurora, Arabella, Athena, Maddison, Amelie, Autumn, Imogen, Delilah, Ava, Vienna
Other spellings of Avalon
Names related to Avalon
Avalyn, Avalynn, Avaline, Avalina, Avalene, Avalynne, Avaleen
More Celtic names
Arthur, Gael, Harvey, Alana, Alan, Tristan, Lana, Alaina, Sabrina, Alanna, Bryce, Devon, Arturo, Alannah, Cedric, Clyde
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Avalon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/avalon, updated 20 October 2026.