boys:
430 births since 1932
#4156 (9th percentile)
overall:
430 births since 1932
#7309 (6th percentile)
The name Avel is the #7,309 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 430 recorded births since 1932. This represents the 5.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,156 (9.3% percentile) for all time with 430 births since 1932.
Avel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1932 (first recorded for boys in 1932). Birth data for Avel is available in 52 out of the 92 years between 1932 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Avel reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #876) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2013, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). Despite a low point around 2018, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for boys. Currently, Avel ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 39.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Avel".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Avel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 33.3% confident that Avel is pronounced as AY-vuhl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-VEHL, at 31.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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