Avalina
Feminine
Avalina lengthens Ava with the -lina ending, and Ava itself has at least three unrelated possible parents.
How old is the name Avalina?
Avalina first appears in US birth records in 2002 — 23 years ago. The typical Avalina is a kid of about 8 — this name's wave is very recent. About 600 people named Avalina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Avalina most popular?
Avalina peaked in 2022, reaching #3416 nationally. Today it ranks #4661, 1,245 places below that high. See the whole 2022 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Avalina
Ours, offered as ours. Avalina is close to the medieval Avelina, which was a real Norman name in England and gave the surname Evelyn — so the modern construction has accidentally rebuilt something that already existed. That happens more often than one would expect: parents assembling a name from fashionable parts sometimes land on a genuine old form without knowing it, because the same sounds were pleasing to Normans too.
Meaningscholars disagree
Not established
Ava may descend from Germanic Avelina, from a root of unsettled meaning, from Hebrew Chava, Eve, or from Latin avis, a bird. The -lina ending is a modern Latinate addition. No reading is established for the compound.
Pronouncing Avalina
av-uh-LEE-nuh
Four syllables with the stress on the third. Some families say ah-vah-LY-nah.
Nicknames for Avalina
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
- 2002
- Most girls named
- 202246 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3416reached in 2022
- Change vs 2024
- −19.4%29 in 2025, from 36
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.
Avalina in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Avelina in English — related form
- Ava in English — related form
- Avelina in Spanish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Florida, New Jersey.
Avalinas among us
people named Avalina are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 55,423 born in 2025 was named Avalina
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 Ceanna test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Avalina's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Ceanna climbed just as high around 2001, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Ceanna's path sketches the road Avalina is walking now.
Avalina 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 Avalina is headed
Avalina should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low 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.
Avalina beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Avalina in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Ava and Lina are both complete names sitting inside it.
- A genuine medieval Norman name stands close behind it.
- Every vowel is sounded, so it reads correctly in most languages.
- The stressed vowel is unsettled between LEE and LY.
- Avalina, Avelina and Evelina are all in use and get confused.
- Seven letters and four syllables is a lot for early handwriting.
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Frequently asked
- How many Avalinas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Avalina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Avalina in 2025?
- Avalina ranks #4661 among US girl names in 2025, with 29 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Avalina?
- About 1 in every 55,423 US girls born in 2025 was named Avalina — 29 in all.
- Will my child share the name Avalina with classmates?
- Avalina will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Avalina
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