Avis is an established girls' name that peaked in 1920 and has since faded.
Avis is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #13,417 for girl births in the United States (and #22,347 across all names), given to 6 babies. Avis was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1920 (438 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 6 | #13,417 | — |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | #9,018 | — |
| 2023 | 18 | 18 | #8,116 | #12,436 |
| 2022 | 12 | 12 | #8,606 | — |
| 2021 | 12 | 12 | #8,542 | — |
| 2020 | 19 | 19 | #8,473 | #9,662 |
| 2019 | 13 | 13 | #11,505 | #12,338 |
| 2018 | 27 | 27 | #7,153 | #7,172 |
| 2017 | 14 | 14 | #7,900 | — |
| 2016 | 17 | 17 | #11,938 | #8,212 |
| 2015 | 20 | 20 | #8,062 | #10,803 |
| 2014 | 20 | 20 | #11,104 | #7,113 |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 | — | #10,872 |
| 2012 | 10 | 10 | #10,547 | — |
| 2009 | 13 | 13 | #12,589 | #12,674 |
| 2008 | 17 | 17 | #9,563 | #12,728 |
| 2007 | 18 | 18 | #9,628 | #11,055 |
| 2006 | 6 | 6 | #15,401 | — |
| 2005 | 18 | 18 | #8,969 | #10,250 |
| 2004 | 13 | 13 | #11,762 | #11,526 |
| 2003 | 7 | 7 | #12,588 | — |
| 2002 | 7 | 7 | #12,364 | — |
| 2001 | 7 | 7 | #12,237 | — |
| 2000 | 9 | 9 | #9,994 | — |
| 1999 | 7 | 7 | #11,538 | — |
| 1998 | 11 | 11 | #8,064 | — |
| 1997 | 16 | — | #8,414 | #8,218 |
| 1996 | 16 | — | #8,221 | #8,042 |
| 1995 | 22 | — | #5,702 | #7,881 |
| 1994 | 22 | — | #6,719 | #5,903 |
| 1993 | 15 | — | #5,985 | — |
| 1992 | 23 | — | #5,748 | #6,727 |
| 1991 | 33 | — | #4,346 | #5,126 |
| 1990 | 30 | — | #4,015 | #8,218 |
| 1989 | 37 | — | #3,682 | #4,841 |
| 1988 | 34 | — | #3,593 | #5,237 |
| 1987 | 47 | — | #2,664 | #4,265 |
| 1986 | 41 | — | #3,138 | #3,668 |
| 1985 | 44 | — | #2,550 | #5,837 |
| 1984 | 34 | — | #3,237 | #4,586 |
| 1983 | 49 | — | #2,433 | #3,644 |
| 1982 | 64 | — | #2,119 | #2,846 |
| 1981 | 45 | — | #2,662 | #3,623 |
| 1980 | 52 | — | #2,251 | #4,530 |
| 1979 | 56 | — | #2,249 | #3,186 |
| 1978 | 59 | — | #2,014 | #3,229 |
| 1977 | 75 | — | #1,610 | #3,860 |
| 1976 | 75 | — | #1,514 | #4,467 |
| 1975 | 54 | — | #1,991 | #3,451 |
| 1974 | 58 | — | #1,801 | #3,582 |
| 1973 | 65 | — | #1,668 | #3,030 |
| 1972 | 70 | — | #1,516 | #3,652 |
| 1971 | 82 | — | #1,415 | #3,689 |
| 1970 | 94 | — | #1,271 | #3,545 |
| 1969 | 84 | — | #1,318 | #2,880 |
| 1968 | 87 | — | #1,267 | #2,454 |
| 1967 | 103 | — | #1,011 | — |
| 1966 | 140 | — | #890 | #2,225 |
| 1965 | 130 | — | #922 | #2,632 |
| 1964 | 177 | — | #804 | #3,064 |
| 1963 | 187 | — | #763 | #4,078 |
| 1962 | 228 | — | #695 | #2,856 |
| 1961 | 228 | — | #707 | #2,718 |
| 1960 | 224 | — | #689 | #3,363 |
| 1959 | 216 | — | #683 | — |
| 1958 | 239 | — | #636 | — |
| 1957 | 255 | — | #611 | — |
| 1956 | 294 | — | #553 | #3,238 |
| 1955 | 239 | — | #596 | — |
| 1954 | 230 | — | #604 | #3,862 |
| 1953 | 224 | — | #606 | #2,720 |
| 1952 | 216 | — | #610 | #2,258 |
| 1951 | 169 | — | #676 | — |
| 1950 | 149 | — | #703 | — |
| 1949 | 138 | — | #757 | #2,622 |
| 1948 | 133 | — | #754 | #3,715 |
| 1947 | 163 | — | #672 | #3,393 |
| 1946 | 186 | — | #593 | #3,199 |
| 1945 | 127 | — | #668 | #3,366 |
| 1944 | 133 | — | #655 | #3,458 |
| 1943 | 127 | — | #699 | #2,753 |
| 1942 | 189 | — | #560 | #1,954 |
| 1941 | 166 | — | #560 | #2,340 |
| 1940 | 203 | — | #498 | #2,335 |
| 1939 | 190 | — | #495 | #2,464 |
| 1938 | 221 | — | #459 | #3,199 |
| 1937 | 222 | — | #449 | #2,931 |
| 1936 | 240 | — | #426 | #2,465 |
| 1935 | 255 | — | #411 | #3,682 |
| 1934 | 271 | — | #402 | #2,757 |
| 1933 | 267 | — | #397 | #3,303 |
| 1932 | 284 | — | #396 | #2,007 |
| 1931 | 281 | — | #396 | #2,880 |
| 1930 | 308 | — | #396 | #2,086 |
| 1929 | 342 | — | #370 | #2,324 |
| 1928 | 397 | — | #342 | #2,676 |
| 1927 | 387 | — | #347 | #2,419 |
| 1926 | 401 | — | #337 | #2,081 |
| 1925 | 404 | — | #337 | #2,949 |
| 1924 | 443 | — | #323 | #2,356 |
| 1923 | 432 | — | #316 | #2,234 |
| 1922 | 402 | — | #332 | #2,048 |
| 1921 | 414 | — | #330 | #1,986 |
| 1920 | 452 | — | #312 | #2,232 |
| 1919 | 360 | — | #343 | #2,393 |
| 1918 | 434 | — | #308 | #4,226 |
| 1917 | 386 | — | #317 | #1,997 |
| 1916 | 396 | — | #303 | #3,946 |
| 1915 | 380 | — | #306 | #1,978 |
| 1914 | 299 | — | #304 | #2,947 |
| 1913 | 312 | — | #268 | #1,684 |
| 1912 | 364 | — | #238 | #2,294 |
| 1911 | 152 | — | #318 | — |
| 1910 | 82 | — | #440 | — |
| 1909 | 78 | — | #413 | — |
| 1908 | 62 | — | #457 | — |
| 1907 | 89 | — | #372 | — |
| 1906 | 66 | — | #421 | — |
| 1905 | 78 | — | #383 | — |
| 1904 | 83 | — | #360 | — |
| 1903 | 48 | — | #461 | — |
| 1902 | 61 | — | #398 | — |
| 1901 | 39 | — | #483 | — |
| 1900 | 57 | — | #440 | — |
| 1899 | 43 | — | #443 | — |
| 1898 | 40 | — | #486 | — |
| 1897 | 42 | — | #454 | — |
| 1896 | 41 | — | #453 | — |
| 1895 | 38 | — | #471 | — |
| 1894 | 44 | — | #418 | — |
| 1893 | 35 | — | #449 | — |
| 1892 | 44 | — | #401 | — |
| 1891 | 32 | — | #448 | — |
| 1890 | 33 | — | #447 | — |
| 1889 | 31 | — | #430 | — |
| 1888 | 24 | — | #512 | — |
| 1887 | 17 | — | #538 | — |
| 1886 | 21 | — | #478 | — |
| 1885 | 24 | — | #429 | — |
| 1884 | 19 | — | #463 | — |
| 1883 | 13 | — | #542 | — |
| 1882 | 9 | — | #636 | — |
| 1881 | 5 | — | #840 | — |
| 1880 | 14 | — | #450 | — |