Avon
#5,231 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Avon has been given to 2,341 babies in the U.S. since 1893. In 2025 it ranked #5,231 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1921, with 32 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 70% boys, 30% girls all-time.
Babies named Avon, 2025
1 in 184,000
Avon over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Avon over time
In 2025, Avon went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
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.
How common is Avon?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 184,000
- 18 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 94,900
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #5,231
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 127,662 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Avon sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 127,662 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Avon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Avons were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Avon was born before 1951 — so the typical Avon is around 74 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1920s
- 14.0% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 19.6%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 845
- People you could plausibly meet
1920s — 14.0% of all recorded uses (229).
Is Avon 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
- +28
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +1,097
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +2,868
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 2.00×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 56.3%
- Peak was 1921 (32)
- Years since peak
- 104
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 41.7% average annual change
Spellings of Avon
Avon is not the most common spelling — Jason is, with 21.8% against Avon's 0.03%.
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.
Where Avon is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Avon was most concentrated in Maryland — about 1 in 33,333 boys, against 1 in 198,223 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Maryland1 in 33,333
- 2Missouri1 in —
- 3North Carolina1 in —
- 4New York1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Avon has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Avon is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Avon was most concentrated in Virginia — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 736,796 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1Virginia1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Avon has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Avon around the world
Where Avon 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 & Wales2017–2017#3,996in 2017
- Canada2023–2023#3,103in 2023
- South Australia1954–1955#392in 1955
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Avon by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Avon
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Avon
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.