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Averil

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Boar + battle

Averil has been given to 446 babies in the U.S. since 1895. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1915, with 20 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 90% girls, 10% boys all-time.

Babies named Averil, 2014

1 in 618,000

Averil over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Averil over time

In 2014, Averil went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

18952014

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Averil: meaning, origin, and history

Boar + battle

Old English

What Averil means

Averil means “boar + battle”, associated with eofor and hild.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

A rare variant of the 7th century saint's name Everild, from Old English eofor (“boar”) + hild (“battle”).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Averil (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Origin, language, and formation

Averil is used in English. Its origins include Old English.

Averil comes through Old English eofor.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include 7th.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 403 girls were recorded with the name Averil between 1895 and 2014. Its highest annual count was 20 in 1915; its best national rank was #1,131 in 1896.

In the United States, 43 boys were recorded with the name Averil between 1924 and 1977. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1977; its best national rank was #3,474 in 1954.

How common is Averil?

Averil had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2014, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2014
1 in 618,000
6 of 3,706,812 births
Among girls only
1 in 298,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2014
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
428,229 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Averil sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2014 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 428,229 children born in 2014 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Averil. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Averils were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Averil was born before 1925 — so the typical Averil is around 100 today.

Median birth year
1925
About 100 years old
Biggest decade
1910s
25.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
9.7%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
92
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1910s — 25.3% of all recorded uses (102).

Is Averil rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1915 (20)
Years since peak
110
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
27.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,131
1896

Spellings of Averil

Averil is not the most common spelling — April is, with 52.4% against Averil's 0.09%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Averil around the world

Where Averil ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–1996
    #3,795
    in 1996
  • Scotland
    1976–1976
    #516
    in 1976
  • Ireland
    1964–1990
    #517
    in 1990
  • South Australia
    1944–1977
    #637
    in 1977

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Averil by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#1,131
1896
Peak year
1915
20 that year
First recorded
1895
Last recorded
2014
All-time count
403
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#3,474
1954
Peak year
1977
7 that year
First recorded
1924
Last recorded
1977
All-time count
43
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Averil

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Averil

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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