Avant
Boy · a-VAHNT · French
Avant is a boys' name of French origin, meaning “forward, ahead”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Avant mean?
French: French word, as in avant-garde
“forward, ahead”
- Say it
- a-VAHNT
Is Avant a girl's or a boy's name?
Avant is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Avant in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Avant, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 58 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.
2025 had fewer boys named Avant than any year since 1999.
Half of all the boys named Avant in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Avant in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 24 | #4,135 |
| 2013 | 26 | #3,862 |
| 2012 | 28 | #3,711 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,219 |
| 2010 | 34 | #3,238 |
| 2009 | 38 | #3,044 |
| 2008 | 25 | #4,041 |
| 2007 | 33 | #3,311 |
| 2006 | 38 | #2,931 |
| 2005 | 42 | #2,610 |
| 2004 | 58 | #2,047 |
| 2003 | 31 | #3,040 |
| 2002 | 47 | #2,220 |
| 2001 | 31 | #2,926 |
| 2000 | 23 | #3,530 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
Names like Avant
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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