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Avis

Girl · AY-vis · Germanic

Avis is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).

What does Avis mean?

Germanic: medieval Norman name, related to Avice

Often associated with Latin avis, 'bird', but the medieval name is thought to be Germanic in origin.

Say it
AY-vis

Is Avis a girl's or a boy's name?

Avis is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Avis in the US?

Rank in 2025
#13,203among girls
Babies in 2025
6about 1 in 270,000 girls
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Avis, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 1920, with 438 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Avis than any year since 2013.

Half of all the girls named Avis in the US since 1880 were born between 1919 and 1953, the years shaded on the chart below.

Girls were 98% of the babies named Avis in the US in 1912, and 70% in 1991.

1880Busiest: 438 in 19202025
Avis in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20256#13,203
202411#8,941
202313#8,050
202212#8,536
202112#8,459
202012#8,401
20198#11,350
201816#7,096
201714#7,836
20168#11,776
201514#8,004
20149#10,949
20130–
201210#10,424
20110–
20100–
20098#12,423
200812#9,472
200712#9,535
20066#15,147
200512#8,878
20048#11,617
20037#12,401
20027#12,181
20017#12,049
20009#9,867
19997#11,378
199811#8,011
199710#8,329
199610#8,127
199516#5,672
199413#6,666
199315#5,949
199216#5,711
199123#4,323
199025#3,998
198927#3,667
198826#3,580
198737#2,655
198629#3,133
198538#2,544
198426#3,232
198338#2,432
198248#2,115
198134#2,657
198044#2,246
197943#2,248
197847#2,012
197766#1,609
197668#1,514
197544#1,986
197449#1,801
197354#1,666
197262#1,516
197174#1,415
197086#1,270
196974#1,317
196875#1,267
1967103#1,011
1966127#890
1965120#922
1964169#804
1963182#762
1962219#695
1961218#707
1960217#689
1959216#683
1958239#636
1957255#610
1956287#552
1955239#595
1954225#603
1953215#605
1952204#609
1951169#674
1950149#702
1949129#756
1948128#752
1947157#672
1946180#593
1945122#667
1944128#655
1943119#699
1942175#560
1941156#559
1940193#498
1939181#495
1938215#459
1937215#448
1936231#426
1935250#411
1934263#402
1933261#397
1932270#396
1931273#396
1930294#396
1929330#370
1928387#342
1927375#347
1926386#337
1925395#337
1924430#323
1923418#316
1922386#332
1921397#330
1920438#312
1919348#343
1918429#308
1917371#317
1916391#303
1915366#306
1914293#304
1913301#268
1912358#238
1911152#318
191082#440
190978#413
190862#456
190789#372
190666#420
190578#383
190483#360
190348#461
190261#398
190139#481
190057#440
189943#443
189840#486
189742#453
189641#453
189538#471
189444#418
189335#449
189244#401
189132#447
189033#446
188931#430
188824#512
188717#537
188621#476
188524#428
188419#463
188313#536
18829#634
18815#830
188014#449

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