Avett
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AY-vet
- US rank, 2025
- #3,756 for boys
Avett is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,756th for boys in the US (29 babies).
Where does Avett come from?
American surname of uncertain origin
Is Avett a girl's or a boy's name?
Avett is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Avett in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,756th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 29 about 1 in 59,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 61% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 29 boys in the US were named Avett, making it the 3,756th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,139th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 78 boys. It first appears in the records in 2009.
Half of all the boys named Avett in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Avett in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #3,756 |
| 2024 | 29 | #3,791 |
| 2023 | 27 | #3,999 |
| 2022 | 66 | #2,190 |
| 2021 | 52 | #2,522 |
| 2020 | 65 | #2,139 |
| 2019 | 73 | #2,000 |
| 2018 | 78 | #1,900 |
| 2017 | 65 | #2,108 |
| 2016 | 60 | #2,228 |
| 2015 | 50 | #2,485 |
| 2014 | 64 | #2,137 |
| 2013 | 49 | #2,490 |
| 2012 | 36 | #3,113 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
Names like Avett
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Beckett, Atlas, Archer, Bennett, Emmett, Ander, Shepherd, Truett, August, Asher, Saint, Avyaan
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, “Avett: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/avett, updated 20 October 2026.