Avery

“Elf counsel” — Old English via Anglo-Norman French origin

Boy's name · #291 in the US (2025) · 2010s

Avery's best rank, #181, came in 2017; it has settled back to #291 today. Roughly 67,000 boys have been named Avery since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. About 80% of babies named Avery in recent years have been girls.

Around the world: about 1 in 1,100 boys in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 2,000 boys in Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 2,100 boys in N. Ireland (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 49 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Averys

Avery Brundage — president of the International Olympic Committee from 1952 to 1972
Avery Brooks — American actor and director
Avery Bradley — American basketball player
Avery Dulles — Catholic cardinal (1918–2008)
Avery John — Trinidad and Tobago footballer

In stories & tradition

Avery — Harry Potter
Avery Carrington — Grand Theft Auto 3D universe
Avery Bailey Clark — The Young and the Restless

What Averys become

Among 216 notable people named Avery:

Sports figures appear 2.32× more often than among typical names — e.g. Avery Bradley, American basketball player.

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