Head to head · Girls' names
Angie vs Averie
#705 vs #701 in 2025
Averie is a whisker ahead (#701 vs #705 in 2025), but the curves point different ways: Averie is stepping back from its peak, Angie is holding its place on the charts. On momentum, Angie has the edge.
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The tale of the tape
On the charts, Angie leads 3 measures of 6; Averie leads 2.
Ranks, counts and years are measured in the official US birth record; the classroom and living figures are estimates computed from it. The dot marks the side each measure favours on the charts — more common, not better.
What the records say
146 years of US births, drawn on one scale
Two curves, one scale
Who owned which decade
- 1880s: Angie #310, Averie — — Angie higher
- 1890s: Angie #380, Averie — — Angie higher
- 1900s: Angie #435, Averie — — Angie higher
- 1910s: Angie #446, Averie — — Angie higher
- 1920s: Angie #479, Averie — — Angie higher
- 1930s: Angie #449, Averie — — Angie higher
- 1940s: Angie #507, Averie — — Angie higher
- 1950s: Angie #493, Averie — — Angie higher
- 1960s: Angie #241, Averie — — Angie higher
- 1970s: Angie #205, Averie — — Angie higher
- 1980s: Angie #432, Averie #9294 — Angie higher
- 1990s: Angie #632, Averie #3638 — Angie higher
- 2000s: Angie #380, Averie #1108 — Angie higher
- 2010s: Angie #571, Averie #444 — Averie higher
- 2020s: Angie #690, Averie #558 — Averie higher
Angie stood higher in 13 of 15 decades; Averie has held the lead since the 2010s.
Rank by decade
| Decade | Angie | Averie |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | #310 | — |
| 1890s | #380 | — |
| 1900s | #435 | — |
| 1910s | #446 | — |
| 1920s | #479 | — |
| 1930s | #449 | — |
| 1940s | #507 | — |
| 1950s | #493 | — |
| 1960s | #241 | — |
| 1970s | #205 | — |
| 1980s | #432 | #9294 |
| 1990s | #632 | #3638 |
| 2000s | #380 | #1108 |
| 2010s | #571 | #444 |
| 2020s | #690 | #558 |
Average national rank across each decade. A dash means the name sat outside the recorded top of that decade.
The names themselves
Meaning, roots, sound and the people who carried each
Where each name comes from
Angie
messenger; angel
Angie belongs to the family of Angela, from Greek angelos, 'messenger', which passed into church Latin as angelus and came to mean 'angel'.
angelos (Greek) → angelus (Latin) → Angela → Angelina / Angelica → Angie
How it traveled
The root is the Greek angelos, a messenger — the ordinary word for someone carrying news, which the Greek translators of the Hebrew Bible used for divine messengers. Latin took it as angelus, and the feminine Angela spread through Catholic Europe, joined by Angelina and Angelica.
Averie
From a medieval surname, itself from a Germanic name meaning roughly "elf power"
Avery is a medieval English surname taken from Norman French pronunciations of Germanic personal names. The main candidate is Alberic — alb, "elf", plus ric, "power, ruler" — while some name scholars trace the same surname to Norman forms of Alfred, "elf counsel". Both roads begin with that same old element for "elf".
Alberich → Alberic → Avery → Averie
How it traveled
The Germanic name Alberich traveled into France with the Frankish nobility, was smoothed by Norman French speakers into forms like Alveredus and Avery, and crossed to England after 1066 as a surname. English surnames were still moving freely into first-name use in the American colonies, and Avery followed that path, given to boys and girls alike.
Where a reading is contested the note says so — this page does not turn a guess into a fact. The chain is each name's recorded forms, oldest first; the story is its opening, told in full on the name's own page.
Out loud, and in short
Angie
AN-jee
Soft g, as in angel. Occasionally misread with a hard g, as in angle, by someone seeing it written before hearing it.
- Ang — Informal clipping, common among family and close friends; rarely written down.
- Ange — Used chiefly in British and Australian speech, for both Angie and Angela.
- Angie — Itself the standard short form of Angela, Angelina and Angelica, and long established as a full given name too.
Averie
AY-vuh-ree
Identical to Avery. Many speakers compress it to two syllables, AYV-ree, in ordinary conversation; both are standard and no one will correct either.
- Ave — Said AY-vee; the most common informal clip within families.
- Avie — Informal, and the spelling that matches the parent name's ending.
- Ava — Used informally by some families, though it stands fully on its own as a given name.
Is it right for you
The differences that decide it, laid out by what you want
Choose by what you want
Choose Angie if you want…
- a name with fewer syllablesAngie is 2 syllables to Averie's 3
- a long American recordAngie was already in use when US records began in 1880
Choose Averie if you want…
- a name past its most crowded yearsAverie is stepping back from its peak
- a name with more sound in itAverie runs 3 syllables, Angie 2
- a newer arrivalAverie entered the US charts in 1985
Each line is a measured difference between the two names — a rank, a count, a recorded form — never a judgement of either. Save the one that answers your question; it lands on your shortlist.
The trade-offs, name by name
Angie
Strengths
- Spelled the way it sounds for most English speakers, and already familiar in writing — little need to repeat it letter by letter.
- Works either as a full name or as the short form of Angela, Angelina or Angelica, so a longer formal version is available if you want one.
- On the American record continuously since national name records began, without ever dropping out of use.
To consider
- Because it began as a nickname, some people will assume there is a longer name behind it and ask what Angie is short for. That is easy to answer, but it will come up.
- It is far better represented among adults than among children right now — a child named Angie will likely be the only one in her school while meeting grown women who share it.
- The Rolling Stones ballad follows the name around, so expect it to be sung at her occasionally by people old enough to remember the record.
Averie
Strengths
- Everyone already knows how to say it — the sound is Avery, which needs no explanation anywhere in the English-speaking world.
- Sits on a documented line running back to Norman French and, before that, Germanic Alberich.
- Rare enough day to day that a child is unlikely to share it with a classmate, while never sounding unfamiliar.
To consider
- Avery is the default spelling, so Averie will be corrected on forms, name tags and email addresses for life. Worth deciding now whether that trade is one you mind.
- The -ie ending places this version squarely in a recent wave, and its bearers are overwhelmingly children and young people. On an adult resume it reads as young for some years yet.
- The sound belongs to boys as well as girls through Avery, so anyone hearing the name before seeing it written will not know which to expect. The spelling does the signaling here, and only on paper.
Documented properties of each name — how it spells, travels and shortens — not opinions about the child.
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Angie or Averie — the short answers
- Which is more popular, Angie or Averie?
- Averie, in 2025: Averie ranked #701 with 404 babies; Angie ranked #705 with 399 babies.
- Which name is rising faster, Angie or Averie?
- Neither is rising. Over the last five years Angie moved down 52 places; Averie moved down 274 places.
- Which is the older name, Angie or Averie?
- Angie was already in use when US records began in 1880; Averie entered the US charts in 1985. On the American record, Angie is the older name.
- How many people are named Angie and Averie?
- About 55,500 people named Angie are estimated to be alive in the US today. About 13,500 people named Averie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- Will there be other Angies or Averies in the classroom?
- Angie will almost certainly be the only one in school. Averie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
US figures from the Social Security Administration, 1880–2025. Votes are battle voters on this site, not the birth record. Data & methodology
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