Aveer
Masculine · “brave”
Aveer is fearless in Sanskrit — a-vira, without fear — built on vira, a hero, the same root as the Latin vir and 'virile'.
How old is the name Aveer?
Aveer first appears in US birth records in 2009 — 16 years ago. The typical Aveer is a kid of about 5 — this name's wave is very recent. About 500 people named Aveer are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Aveer most popular?
Aveer peaked in 2025, reaching #2207 nationally. Today it ranks #2207, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
From vira to Aveer
The story of Aveer
Vira and the Latin vir are the same word, which is why virtue originally meant manliness and courage rather than moral goodness. Sanskrit built a large family on it — Vira, Ranvir, Aveer, Mahavira. Aveer is a modern Indian given name and appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
brave, fearless
From the Sanskrit vira, 'hero' or 'brave man', cognate with the Latin vir, 'man', which gives virtue and virile. The a- prefix in this formation is intensifying rather than negating. The Sanskrit root is documented and the Indo-European connection well established.
How the name formed
- vira
- Aveer
Related forms: अवीर · Avir · Vira
Pronouncing Aveer
uh-VEER
Two syllables, stress on the second. Hindi gives the v a sound between English v and w.
Nicknames for Aveer
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
- 2009
- Most boys named
- 202564 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2207reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +25.5%64 in 2025, from 51
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.
Aveer in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- अवीर in Hindi — transliteration
- Avir in English — spelling variant
- Vira in Sanskrit — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New York, Texas.
Aveers among us
people named Aveer are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 26,689 born in 2025 was named Aveer
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 Dayvion test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Aveer's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Dayvion climbed just as high around 2008, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Dayvion's path sketches the road Aveer is walking now.
Aveer 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 Aveer is headed
Aveer 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.
Aveer beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Aveer in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That vira and the Latin vir are the same word is a first-rate etymology.
- Avi and Veer are two short forms, both real names in their own right.
- The end stress gives it a strong rhythm against a front-stressed surname.
- The a- prefix is intensifying here but negating elsewhere, which invites confusion.
- Aveer and Avir are both in circulation.
- It reads as specifically Indian.
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Frequently asked
- How many Aveers are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Aveer are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Aveer in 2025?
- Aveer ranks #2207 among US boy names in 2025, with 64 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Aveer?
- About 1 in every 26,689 US boys born in 2025 was named Aveer — 64 in all.
- Will my child share the name Aveer with classmates?
- Aveer will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Aveer
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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