Avis

Boy · recorded 1912–2023

  • 2023last recorded
  • 1913best year

Most popular in 1913.

Last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1912

0112119121940196819952023

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 91 recorded years as a table
Avis, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191214
191321
19149
191516
19166
191716
19185
191912
192013
192115
192215
192313
192411
19258
192614
192711
19289
192911
193013
19318
193213
19336
19348
19355
19369
19377
19385
19398
19409
19418
194210
19436
19444
19454
19464
19473
19483
19495
19526
19535
19542
19563
19603
19615
19624
19632
19644
19655
19667
19687
19696
19704
19715
19725
19737
19746
19756
19764
19775
19787
19798
19804
19816
19829
19836
19844
19853
19867
19875
19884
19895
19902
19915
19924
19945
19953
19963
19973
20043
20053
20073
20082
20093
20133
20146
20153
20165
20186
20193
20204
20233

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Avis isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2023
5
Rank in 2023
#12,239
How rare
1 in 342,115 boys
Since 1912
818

Avis was last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1913, at 21 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Avis doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.