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Avery
Pronounced /ˈeɪ.və.ɹi/
Rank in 2024
#259
Born in 2024
1,348
Peak year
2014 · #186
Origin
Old French
Also recorded for girls:5,632 in 2024 (#31)
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 1,348 boys were named Avery, about 1 in every 1,272.
- It peaked in 2014 with 2,283 babies, ranked #186.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 65,711 boys have been named Avery since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Avery per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.3Millennials1981–96
- 0.8Gen Z1997–12
- 1.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 1,906 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Silent: 1,441 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,495 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen X: 3,085 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Millennials: 8,329 babies, 0.27 per 1,000. Gen Z: 25,141 babies, 0.80 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 22,996 babies, 1.06 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Anglo-Norman Averay, Auveray, Alverey, from Latin Alveredus, Aluredus, from Old English Ælfræd, from ælf (“elf”) and ræd (“counsel”). Doublet of Alfred.
- A male given name from Old French or transferred from the surname.
- A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
- Origin
- Old French
- Say it
- /ˈeɪ.və.ɹi/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Avery, CC BY-SA 4.0.