Aveline
Feminine
Aveline is the Norman name that became Evelyn — and its Germanic root has never been recovered.
How old is the name Aveline?
Aveline first appears in US birth records in 1923 — 102 years ago. The typical Aveline is a kid of about 8 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,200 people named Aveline are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Aveline most popular?
Aveline peaked in 2016, reaching #1327 nationally. Today it ranks #2583, 1,256 places below that high. See the whole 2016 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Ava to Aveline
The story of Aveline
Aveline came to England with the Normans and became the surname Evelyn, which was taken back up as a given name in the seventeenth century for both sexes. The name went out of use and returned in the twenty-first century in its older form. 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
Related forms: Aveline · Avelina · Evelyn
Pronouncing Aveline
AV-uh-leen
Three syllables, stress on the first. French Aveline is av-LEEN with two.
Nicknames for Aveline
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
- 1923
- Most girls named
- 2016179 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1327reached in 2016
- Change vs 2024
- +48.9%67 in 2025, from 45
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.
Aveline in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Aveline in French — same name
- Avelina in Spanish — related form
- Evelyn in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New York.
Avelines among us
people named Aveline are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 23,989 born in 2025 was named Aveline
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 Meriam test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Aveline's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Meriam climbed just as high around 1923, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Meriam's path sketches the road Aveline is walking now.
Aveline 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 Aveline is headed
Aveline is easing off slowly — about 25% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues. 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.
Aveline beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Aveline 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 is available as a short form that is fully current.
- Three syllables with a front stress, which holds up against a short surname.
- The origin is genuinely unrecovered.
- French and English say it differently.
- Evelyn is far commoner and reads as unrelated.
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Frequently asked
- How many Avelines are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,200 people named Aveline are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Aveline in 2025?
- Aveline ranks #2583 among US girl names in 2025, with 67 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Aveline?
- About 1 in every 23,989 US girls born in 2025 was named Aveline — 67 in all.
- Will my child share the name Aveline with classmates?
- Aveline will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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