Avery

Meaning: Elf counsel
Origin: English surname — From a medieval form of Alfred

Boy's name · #291 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave

20% boys · 80% girls — About 80% of babies named Avery in recent years have been girls. Avery →

Popularity over time

Avery's best rank, #181, came in 2017; it has settled back to #291 today. Roughly 67,000 boys have been named Avery since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 49 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#329 in Ireland (2025) · #343 in Canada (2025) · #344 in N. Ireland (2025) · #389 in England & Wales (2025) · #400 in Scotland (2025) · #1,040 in Netherlands (2025) · #1,322 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,447 in Sweden (2025) · #3,520 in France (2025) · #457 in New Zealand (2024) · #2,030 in Austria (2024) · #3,152 in Ecuador (2024) and 2 more.

Famous Averys

Avery Brundage — President of the IOC from 1952 to 1972 (1887–1975)
Avery Brooks — American actor and director (born 1948)
Avery Johnson — American basketball player and coach (born 1965)
Avery Bradley — American basketball player (born 1990)
Avery Dulles — American Jesuit cardinal and professor (1918–2008)

In stories & tradition

Avery^fr — Harry Potter (novel series)
Avery Carrington — Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (video game)
Avery Bailey Clark — The Young and the Restless (TV series)

What Averys become

Among 216 notable people named Avery:

Sports figures appear 2.32× more often than among typical names — e.g. Avery Bradley, American basketball player (born 1990).

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