Avel
Boy · AH-vel · Hebrew
Avel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “breath, vapour”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Avel mean?
Hebrew: Russian and Greek form of Abel
“breath, vapour”
Abel, son of Adam and Eve, was killed by his brother Cain in the Book of Genesis.
- Say it
- AH-vel
Is Avel a girl's or a boy's name?
Avel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Avel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 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, 8 boys in the US were named Avel, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1932.
Half of all the boys named Avel in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Avel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
Names like Avel
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