Avalon Girl
How popular is Avalon?
#1,458 girl name in 2025
147 baby girls were named Avalon in the US in 2025, making it the 1458th most popular girl name. Another 15 boys got the name (#5,859 for boys).
Avalon popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,458 for girls (▲ 151 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 147 girls, 15 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-3% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,504 in 2015, #1,654 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2014 (158 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,168 in 1921 |
| First recorded | 1907 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 3% boys, 97% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Avalon counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Avalynn family of names ranked #466 for girls in 2025 (#523 the year before), with 627 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Avalynn | 198 | 32% |
| Avalyn | 136 | 22% |
| Avalon | 147 | 23% |
| Aveline | 67 | 11% |
| Avelyn | 41 | 7% |
| Avaline | 14 | 2% |
| Avelynn | 14 | 2% |
| Avalene | 10 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Avalon is most popular
Babies named Avalon per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Missouri: 0.1 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (105 girls)
- Oregon: 0.1 per 1,000 (8 girls)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (29 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.1 per 1,000 (25 girls)
Avalon by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #2,060 |
| 1910s | 26 | #2,899 |
| 1920s | 194 | #1,168 |
| 1930s | 133 | #1,731 |
| 1940s | 34 | #3,736 |
| 1950s | 43 | #4,160 |
| 1980s | 123 | #3,328 |
| 1990s | 465 | #2,250 |
| 2000s | 1,085 | #1,546 |
| 2010s | 1,332 | #1,436 |
| 2020s | 773 | #1,458 |
Girl names about as popular as Avalon
Questions
- Is Avalon a boy or girl name?
- Avalon is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 97% of babies named Avalon were girls.
- How popular is the name Avalon?
- 147 baby girls were named Avalon in the US in 2025, making it the 1458th most popular girl name. Another 15 boys got the name (#5,859 for boys).
- When was Avalon most popular?
- Avalon peaked in 2014, when 158 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,168 in 1921.
- How many people are named Avalon?
- 4,282 babies have been named Avalon in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,919 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Avalon most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Avalon was most common in Missouri, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.