Avan Boy
How popular is Avan?
#3,847 boy name in 2025
28 baby boys were named Avan in the US in 2025, making it the 3847th most popular boy name.
Avan popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,847 for boys (▼ 56 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 28 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-52% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,275 in 2015, #3,135 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2012 (93 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,656 in 2012 |
| First recorded | 1923 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 98% boys, 2% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Avan counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Aven family of names ranked #720 for boys in 2025 (#708 the year before), with 337 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Aven | 158 | 47% |
| Ayven | 69 | 20% |
| Avan | 28 | 8% |
| Avin | 27 | 8% |
| Aiven | 22 | 7% |
| Avon | 18 | 5% |
| Ayvin | 8 | 2% |
| Aavan | 7 | 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 Avan is most popular
Babies named Avan per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (24 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 boys)
Avan by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1930s | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1940s | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1950s | 5 | #3,732 |
| 1970s | 10 | #5,769 |
| 1980s | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1990s | 10 | #9,008 |
| 2000s | 165 | #3,509 |
| 2010s | 582 | #1,656 |
| 2020s | 199 | #3,098 |
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Questions
- Is Avan a boy or girl name?
- Avan is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 98% of babies named Avan were boys.
- How popular is the name Avan?
- 28 baby boys were named Avan in the US in 2025, making it the 3847th most popular boy name.
- When was Avan most popular?
- Avan peaked in 2012, when 93 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,656 in 2012.
- How many people are named Avan?
- 1,051 babies have been named Avan in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,028 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Avan most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Avan was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys 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.