girls:
321 births since 1973
#5395 (6th percentile)
boys:
1.7k births since 1976
#2978 (35th percentile)
overall:
2.1k births since 1973
#5721 (26th percentile)
The name Avian is the #5,721 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,060 recorded births since 1973. This represents the 26.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 26.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,978 (35.0% percentile) for all time with 1,739 births since 1976. For girls, it ranks #5,395 (5.6% percentile) for all time with 321 births since 1973.
Avian first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1973 (1973 for girls and 1976 for boys). Birth data for Avian is available in 43 out of the 51 years between 1973 and 2023 (41 years for boys and 34 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 Avian has been given predominantly to boys, with 84.4% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 94.0% of babies named Avian were boys. Interestingly, until around 1978, the name was more popular for girls (53.8% girls from 1973 to 1977), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (84.7% boys from 1978 to 2023).
For boys, Avian reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 11.1% percentile (ranked #822) with 57 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 57 births per million (ranked 11.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2012, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Avian ranks #837 for boys (8.1% percentile) with 43 births per million, which is 75.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Avian reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #923) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Avian ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 30.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Avian".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Avian. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 70.5% confident that Avian is pronounced as AY-vee-uhn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-VEE-uhn, at 11.4% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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