Avalyn
Feminine
Avalyn joins Ava to the -lyn ending, and Ava's own origin is genuinely unsettled — a short Germanic name, a Persian word, or a form of Eve, depending on which source you trust.
How old is the name Avalyn?
Avalyn first appears in US birth records in 1932 — 93 years ago. The typical Avalyn is a kid of about 9 — this name's wave is very recent. About 3,700 people named Avalyn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Avalyn most popular?
Avalyn peaked in 2017, reaching #907 nationally. Today it ranks #1548, 641 places below that high. See the whole 2017 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Ava to Avalyn
The story of Avalyn
Ava was a ninth-century Frankish saint's name that stayed rare until the twentieth century, when it rose extraordinarily — reaching the American top five by 2010. American families built compounds on it as they did on Emma and Addie, and Avalyn appears in the registers from around 2010, rising through the decade.
Meaningscholars disagree
Not established
Through Ava, whose origin is disputed. It may be a Germanic short form built on avi, of unrecovered meaning; a form of Eve, from the Hebrew chavah, 'life'; or the Persian ava, 'voice' or 'sound'. The -lyn ending descends from Lynn. Neither half resolves cleanly.
How the name formed
- Ava
- Avalyn
Related forms: Avalynn · Avaline · Aveline
Pronouncing Avalyn
AV-uh-lin
Three syllables, stress on the first. Avalyn and Avalynn are said identically.
Nicknames for Avalyn
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
- 1932
- Most girls named
- 2017295 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #907reached in 2017
- Change vs 2024
- +34.7%136 in 2025, from 101
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.
Avalyn in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Avalynn in English — spelling variant
- Avaline in English — related form
- Aveline in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Avalyns among us
people named Avalyn are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 11,818 born in 2025 was named Avalyn
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Avalyn
- #1548
- Avalyn on the 2025 chart
- #644
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Avalyn went to 136 girls in 2025, but Avalynn is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 334, which makes it the 644th most-given girls’ name of the year — 904 places above the chart.
- Avalynn198
- Avalyn136
About 1 girl in 4,812 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 11,818 for Avalyn itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Ivonne test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Avalyn's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Ivonne climbed just as high around 1993, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Ivonne's path sketches the road Avalyn is walking now.
Avalyn 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 Avalyn is headed
Avalyn is easing off slowly — about 29% 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.
Avalyn beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Avalyn in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Ava and Lyn are two short forms, both with substantial records.
- The medieval Aveline gives it a genuine older cousin.
- Three syllables with a front stress, which holds up against a short surname.
- Ava's own origin is genuinely unsettled.
- Avalon is close enough to be confused and is a different word entirely.
- The compound is a modern formation rather than an inherited name.
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Frequently asked
- How many Avalyns are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,700 people named Avalyn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Avalyn?
- Avalyn is one of 2 recorded spellings. Avalynn is the more common one — 198 births in 2025 against 136 for Avalyn.
- How popular is the name Avalyn in 2025?
- Avalyn ranks #1548 among US girl names in 2025, with 136 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Avalyn?
- About 1 in every 11,818 US girls born in 2025 was named Avalyn — 136 in all.
- Will my child share the name Avalyn with classmates?
- Avalyn will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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