Avalee
Feminine
Avalee joins Ava — one of the most-used girls' names of its decade — to the -lee ending that American naming attaches to almost anything. Both halves are familiar and the join is new.
How old is the name Avalee?
Avalee first appears in US birth records in 1911 — 114 years ago. The typical Avalee is a kid of about 9 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,500 people named Avalee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Avalee most popular?
Avalee peaked in 2018, reaching #1830 nationally. Today it ranks #3249, 1,419 places below that high. See the whole 2018 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Avalee
Ours rather than the record's. Avalee is a good illustration of what happens to a name that becomes very common very quickly. Ava rose sharply enough in English-speaking countries that families who loved the sound needed somewhere to take it, and the -lee ending was the nearest exit. What comes out is a name that keeps the whole of Ava, adds a syllable, and lands somewhere no one else was standing. That is a real design problem solved, even without a meaning behind it.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The compound has no established meaning. Ava's own origin is genuinely unsettled: readings include a Germanic root and a shortening of longer names, and none is agreed. The -lee ending is a modern American suffix rather than a meaningful element.
Pronouncing Avalee
AV-uh-lee
Three syllables, first stressed. Some families say AY-vuh-lee, following Ava.
Nicknames for Avalee
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1911
- Most girls named
- 2018111 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1830reached in 2018
- Change vs 2024
- −11.1%48 in 2025, from 54
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Avalee in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, New York, Florida.
Avalees among us
people named Avalee are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 33,485 born in 2025 was named Avalee
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Brienna test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Avalee's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Brienna climbed just as high around 1992, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Brienna's path sketches the road Avalee is walking now.
Avalee sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Avalee is headed
Avalee is easing off slowly — about 23% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Avalee beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Avalee in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Read correctly on sight by every English speaker.
- Ava sits inside it as a complete, entirely familiar short form.
- Rare in the records, so it stays distinct on a class list.
- Avalee, Avaleigh and Avalie all appear and none is dominant.
- The first vowel is unsettled between AV and AY.
- It sits in a very crowded group of -lee ending girls' names.
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Frequently asked
- How many Avalees are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,500 people named Avalee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Avalee in 2025?
- Avalee ranks #3249 among US girl names in 2025, with 48 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Avalee?
- About 1 in every 33,485 US girls born in 2025 was named Avalee — 48 in all.
- Will my child share the name Avalee with classmates?
- Avalee will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Avalee
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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