Avon

Boy · AY-von · Celtic

Avon is a boys' name of Celtic origin, meaning “river”. In 2025 it ranked 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).

What does Avon mean?

Celtic: English river name, from Brittonic

“river”

Several English rivers are called Avon, from a Celtic word for river; Shakespeare was born at Stratford-upon-Avon.

Say it: AY-von

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

Avon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Avon in the US?

Rank in 2025: #5,207among boys
Babies in 2025: 18about 1 in 95,000 boys
Five-year trend: Risingup 32% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Avon, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 1921, with 32 boys. It first appears in the records in 1893.

Half of all the boys named Avon in the US since 1880 were born between 1932 and 1984, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 325 boys in the US were given Avon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #731, up from #5,207 for this spelling alone.

Aven 158
Ayven 69
Avin 27
Aiven 22
Avon 18
Avyn 11
Ayvin 8
Aavan 7

In 1960, 45% of the babies named Avon in the US were girls.

1893Busiest: 32 in 19212025

Avon in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	18	#5,207
2024	18	#5,237
2023	18	#5,250
2022	20	#4,846
2021	21	#4,624
2020	13	#6,292
2019	19	#4,947
2018	9	#8,150
2017	17	#5,293
2016	14	#6,048
2015	9	#8,035
2014	15	#5,729
2013	12	#6,598
2012	15	#5,714
2011	5	#12,280
2010	12	#6,692
2009	15	#5,796
2008	12	#6,758
2007	14	#5,898
2006	12	#6,455
2005	7	#9,108
2004	8	#8,137
2003	6	#9,574
2002	5	#10,660
2001	8	#7,529
2000	0	–
1999	5	#9,905
1998	0	–
1997	7	#7,275
1996	6	#7,964
1995	0	–
1994	6	#7,764
1993	0	–
1992	9	#5,652
1991	5	#8,228
1990	0	–
1989	10	#4,805
1988	5	#7,264
1987	11	#3,954
1986	11	#3,878
1985	6	#5,780
1984	12	#3,457
1983	10	#3,882
1982	7	#5,001
1981	5	#6,260
1980	11	#3,614
1979	7	#4,840
1978	9	#3,855
1977	5	#5,843
1976	7	#4,416
1975	5	#5,462
1974	17	#2,356
1973	8	#3,692
1972	6	#4,438
1971	14	#2,557
1970	9	#3,280
1969	10	#2,860
1968	6	#3,672
1967	10	#2,610
1966	10	#2,626
1965	8	#2,980
1964	10	#2,664
1963	12	#2,413
1962	9	#2,846
1961	15	#2,147
1960	21	#1,771
1959	14	#2,199
1958	18	#1,895
1957	11	#2,492
1956	26	#1,531
1955	20	#1,724
1954	17	#1,886
1953	22	#1,629
1952	26	#1,484
1951	26	#1,461
1950	19	#1,700
1949	25	#1,461
1948	29	#1,345
1947	22	#1,598
1946	19	#1,641
1945	22	#1,405
1944	21	#1,482
1943	14	#1,985
1942	23	#1,467
1941	18	#1,633
1940	18	#1,627
1939	30	#1,194
1938	17	#1,689
1937	23	#1,403
1936	23	#1,384
1935	16	#1,757
1934	21	#1,498
1933	29	#1,230
1932	21	#1,548
1931	16	#1,843
1930	17	#1,821
1929	21	#1,611
1928	17	#1,902
1927	16	#2,034
1926	30	#1,331
1925	24	#1,534
1924	17	#1,964
1923	25	#1,502
1922	24	#1,545
1921	32	#1,296
1920	23	#1,592
1919	26	#1,407
1918	17	#1,904
1917	16	#1,899
1916	10	#2,542
1915	17	#1,706
1914	18	#1,441
1913	6	#2,495
1912	5	#2,543
1911	0	–
1910	0	–
1909	0	–
1908	7	#1,112
1907	0	–
1906	0	–
1905	5	#1,232
1904	5	#1,204
1903	0	–
1902	5	#1,136
1901	0	–
1900	0	–
1899	0	–
1898	0	–
1897	0	–
1896	0	–
1895	0	–
1894	0	–
1893	6	#906

Names like Avon

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Other spellings of Avon

Aven Ayven Avin Aiven Avyn Ayvin Eivin

Names related to Avon

Avion Avan Aveon Ayvion Avyon

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