Avery

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

Girl's name · #37 in the US (2025) · 2010s

Avery reached its best rank, #12, in 2013 and remains near the top at #37 today. About 170,000 girls have carried it since 1890. About 80% of babies named Avery in recent years have been girls. A popular twin pairing with Avery is Addison for a girl.

Around the world: #54 in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Averys

Avery Skinner — American volleyball player
Avery Warley — basketball player
Avery Konrad — actress
Avery Patterson — American soccer player
Avery Gordon — Professor of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara

In stories & tradition

Avery Ryan — CSI: Cyber

What Averys become

Among 216 notable people named Avery:

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

Similar names: Riley · Ava · Emery · Ella · Aubrey · Audrey

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