girls:
110 births since 1912
#5606 (2nd percentile)
boys:
228 births since 1913
#4358 (5th percentile)
overall:
338 births since 1912
#7401 (4th percentile)
The name Averill is the #7,401 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 338 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 4.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,358 (4.9% percentile) for all time with 228 births since 1913. For girls, it ranks #5,606 (1.9% percentile) for all time with 110 births since 1912.
Averill first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (1912 for girls and 1913 for boys). Birth data for Averill is available in 50 out of the 103 years between 1912 and 2014 (36 years for boys and 19 years for girls). 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.
The name Averill has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (67.5% of all recorded births). In 2014, 100.0% of babies named Averill were boys. Interestingly, until around 1913, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1912 to 1912), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (68.5% boys from 1913 to 2014).
For boys, Averill reached its peak popularity in 1987, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #705) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1913, with 9 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2014.
For girls, Averill reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #820) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1912, with 9 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2005.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Averill".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Averill. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 62.5% confident that Averill is pronounced as A-ver-ihl, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ah-veh-REEL, at 15.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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