Avelina
Feminine
Avelina is the Norman Aveline — the name that became Evelyn — and its Germanic root is genuinely unrecovered.
How old is the name Avelina?
Avelina first appears in US birth records in 1914 — 111 years ago. The typical Avelina alive today was born around 2006, making them about 19 years old. About 1,500 people named Avelina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Avelina most popular?
Avelina peaked in 1932, reaching #1685 nationally. Today it ranks #2438, 753 places below that high. See the whole 1932 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Ava to Avelina
The story of Avelina
Aveline came to England with the Normans and became the surname Evelyn, which was then taken up as a given name in the seventeenth century for both sexes. Spanish and Portuguese kept Avelina. The Germanic element behind it has never been pinned down. It appears in American records in current use.
Meaningscholars disagree
Not established
From the Norman Aveline, a diminutive of Ava, whose Germanic element is not firmly identified — proposals include avi, 'desired', and a root relating to birds. Aveline gave the surname and then the given name Evelyn. The origin is genuinely unsettled.
How the name formed
- Ava
- Aveline
- Avelina
Related forms: Avelina · Aveline · Evelyn
Pronouncing Avelina
ah-veh-LEE-nah
Four syllables, stress on the third. Spanish gives every vowel a full value.
Nicknames for Avelina
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
- 1914
- Most girls named
- 202573 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1685reached in 1932
- Change vs 2023
- +28.1%73 in 2025, from 57
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.
Avelina in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Avelina in Spanish — same name
- Aveline in French — related form
- Evelyn in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Avelinas among us
people named Avelina are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 22,017 born in 2025 was named Avelina
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 Alzada test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Avelina's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Alzada climbed just as high around 1916, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Alzada's path sketches the road Avelina is walking now.
Avelina 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 Avelina is headed
Avelina 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.
Avelina beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Avelina in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That Evelyn descends from this name is a genuinely good history.
- Ava and Lina are two short forms, both with real records.
- Four syllables of open vowels, which carries unusually well.
- The origin is genuinely unrecovered.
- Four syllables make it long for everyday use.
- Aveline and Avelina are both in circulation.
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Frequently asked
- How many Avelinas 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 Avelina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Avelina in 2025?
- Avelina ranks #2438 among US girl names in 2025, with 73 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Avelina?
- About 1 in every 22,017 US girls born in 2025 was named Avelina — 73 in all.
- Will my child share the name Avelina with classmates?
- Avelina will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Avelina
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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