Avital
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-vee-TAHL
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Avital is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my father is dew”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Avital mean?
Hebrew: from av 'father' + tal 'dew'
“my father is dew”
Biblical name: Abital was one of King David's wives and the mother of his son Shephatiah.
Is Avital a girl's or a boy's name?
Avital is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Avital in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 157% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Avital, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Avital in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2023. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Avital in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Avital in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,324among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Avital, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 34 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the girls named Avital in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Avital in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2014 | 24 | #5,454 |
| 2013 | 30 | #4,643 |
| 2012 | 25 | #5,396 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 28 | #4,972 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 34 | #4,447 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,374 |
| 2006 | 24 | #5,544 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,261 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,617 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,578 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,434 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 21 | #4,665 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 29 | #3,627 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,055 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,280 |
| 1988 | 25 | #3,685 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,280 |
| 1986 | 23 | #3,643 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,543 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
Nicknames for Avital
- Tali 7 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Avital
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anvika Anya Prisha Anvi Avani Saanvi Avneet Anika Aarvi Anaya Akshara Advika
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
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, “Avital: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/avital, updated 20 October 2026.