Avory
Mostly girls · AY-vor-ee · Old English
Avory is a name of Old English origin, meaning “elf counsel”. In 2025 it ranked 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
What does Avory mean?
Old English: variant of Avery, an English surname from Alfred via Norman French
“elf counsel”
A spelling of Avery, which developed from the Norman French form of the Old English name Alfred.
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Is Avory a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Avory has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the US.
How popular is Avory in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,115among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Avory, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 35 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
2025 had more girls named Avory than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Avory in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2019, 57% of the babies named Avory in the US were girls.
Avory in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 24 | #5,311 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 35 | #4,176 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 29 | #4,834 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,050 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,669 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
Names like Avory
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Avery Kennedy Emery Ainsley Addison Arely Everly Emely Adalynn Ailany Legacy Lily
Names related to Avory
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