Avenir
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-veh-NEER
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #3,847 for boys
Avenir is a boys' name of French origin, meaning “the future”. In 2025 it ranked 3,847th for boys in the US (28 babies).
What does Avenir mean?
French: the French word; also a Russian form of Abner
“the future”
Is Avenir a girl's or a boy's name?
Avenir is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Avenir in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,847th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 28 about 1 in 61,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 28 boys in the US were named Avenir, making it the 3,847th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 36 boys. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the boys named Avenir in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Avenir in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #3,847 |
| 2024 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 2023 | 36 | #3,291 |
| 2022 | 28 | #3,876 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 31 | #3,520 |
| 2017 | 31 | #3,514 |
| 2016 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2013 | 36 | #3,058 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
Names like Avenir
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav, Avyaan, Avir, Veer, Aviraj, Atharv, Advik, Krishiv, Vihaan, Avi, Shivansh, Viraj
Names related to Avenir
More French names
Eleanor, Beau, Esme, Darcie, Darcy, Genevieve, Amy, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Lacey, Belle
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, “Avenir: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/avenir, updated 20 October 2026.