girls:
200 births since 1993
#5516 (3rd percentile)
boys:
664 births since 1976
#3923 (14th percentile)
overall:
864 births since 1976
#6875 (11th percentile)
The name Aviv is the #6,875 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 864 recorded births since 1976. This represents the 11.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,923 (14.4% percentile) for all time with 664 births since 1976. For girls, it ranks #5,516 (3.5% percentile) for all time with 200 births since 1993.
Aviv first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1976 (1976 for boys and 1993 for girls). Birth data for Aviv is available in 40 out of the 48 years between 1976 and 2023 (40 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 Aviv has been given predominantly to boys, with 76.9% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 70.6% of babies named Aviv were boys.
For boys, Aviv reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 3.7% percentile (ranked #896) with 21 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 21 births per million (ranked 3.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Aviv ranks #892 for boys (2.1% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 63.0% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Aviv reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #976) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Aviv ranks #942 for girls (0.5% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 73.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Aviv".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Aviv. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 69.8% confident that Aviv is pronounced as uh-VEEV, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ah-VEEV, at 30.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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