Avi

“Variant of Avraham — Father of multitudes; some scholars read 'father is exalted'” — Hebrew origin

Boy's name · #832 in the US (2025) · Trending

Avi is climbing: on the charts since 1949, it is ranked #832 in 2025, with about 300 boys given the name last year. Roughly 6,100 have carried it all-time. Across the Northeast it runs about twice its national rate.

Around the world: about 1 in 4,200 boys in England & Wales (2025) · about 1 in 6,900 boys in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 7,900 boys in Ireland (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 19 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Avis

Avi Arad — Israeli-American film producer
Avi Wigderson — Israeli mathematician and computer scientist
Avi Cohen — Israeli football player-manager (1956-2010)
Avi Loeb — Israeli astrophysicist (1962-)
Avi Shlaim — Israeli-British historian (born 1945)

In stories & tradition

Avi del Barça — mascot character
Avi — mascot character

What Avis become

Among 282 notable people named Avi:

Business leaders appear 2.36× more often than among typical names — e.g. Avi Gabbai, Israeli businessman and politician.

Similar names: Avraham · Shmuel · Aviel · Navy · Yisroel · Tzvi

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