Avary
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AY-vuh-ree
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,916 for girls
Avary is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “elf counsel or elf ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 5,916th for girls in the US (20 babies).
What does Avary mean?
English: spelling variant of Avery, an English surname from Alfred or Alberich
“elf counsel or elf ruler”
Respelling of Avery, a surname that came from Norman French forms of Alfred and Alberich.
Is Avary a girl's or a boy's name?
Avary is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Avary in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2019, with 5 girls.
Avary in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
How popular is Avary in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,916among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 80,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the US were named Avary, making it the 5,916th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,606th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 112 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Avary than any year since 2000.
Half of all the girls named Avary in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 70 girls in the US were given Avary or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,152, up from #5,916 for this spelling alone.
In 2021, 77% of the babies named Avary in the US were girls.
Avary in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,916 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 24 | #5,245 |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,961 |
| 2021 | 24 | #5,233 |
| 2020 | 41 | #3,606 |
| 2019 | 51 | #3,129 |
| 2018 | 52 | #3,106 |
| 2017 | 60 | #2,816 |
| 2016 | 78 | #2,385 |
| 2015 | 87 | #2,169 |
| 2014 | 95 | #2,049 |
| 2013 | 100 | #1,968 |
| 2012 | 85 | #2,205 |
| 2011 | 74 | #2,453 |
| 2010 | 72 | #2,538 |
| 2009 | 84 | #2,316 |
| 2008 | 106 | #1,977 |
| 2007 | 112 | #1,868 |
| 2006 | 97 | #2,031 |
| 2005 | 93 | #2,013 |
| 2004 | 67 | #2,500 |
| 2003 | 42 | #3,408 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,067 |
| 2001 | 28 | #4,317 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
Names like Avary
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anaya Arya Anvika River Navy Prisha Avani Saanvi Anvi Aadhya Avaya Avneet
Other spellings of Avary
Names related to Avary
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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, “Avary: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/avary, updated 20 October 2026.