Averly
Feminine
Averly joins an Aver- front to a -ly ending, and Averill behind it is the Old English eoforhild — boar battle.
How old is the name Averly?
Averly first appears in US birth records in 2008 — 17 years ago. The typical Averly is a kid of about 5 — this name's wave is very recent. About 800 people named Averly are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Averly most popular?
Averly peaked in 2020, reaching #2302 nationally. Today it ranks #2458, 156 places below that high. See the whole 2020 chart.
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Where it comes from
From eoforhild to Averly
Our story of Averly
Our story of Averly is a story of a fashionable front and an added ending. Avery descends from Old English names built on eofor, the boar, or from Ælfric through Norman speech; it became one of the biggest American girls' names of the 2010s. Families then built Averly, Averleigh and Averlee from it. The Old English is genuine and old; this compound is a decade old and not documented from it.
Meaningscholars disagree
Not established
May reflect Averill or Avery, from the Old English eoforhild, 'boar battle', or from Alfred and Ælfric through Norman forms. The -ly ending is modern. Neither route is established for this spelling. The Old English elements are settled where they apply.
How the name formed
- eoforhild
- Avery
- Averly
Related forms: Averley · Avery
Pronouncing Averly
AV-ur-lee
Three syllables, stress on the first. Averly and Averley are said identically.
Nicknames for Averly
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
- 2008
- Most girls named
- 202077 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2302reached in 2020
- Change vs 2024
- +2.9%72 in 2025, from 70
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.
Averly in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Averley in English — spelling variant
- Avery in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Florida.
Averlys among us
people named Averly are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 22,323 born in 2025 was named Averly
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 Jahaira test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Averly's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jahaira climbed just as high around 2003, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jahaira's path sketches the road Averly is walking now.
Averly 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 Averly is headed
Averly should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
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.
Averly beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Averly in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The boar-battle meaning is vivid where the Old English route holds.
- Three syllables with a front stress, which holds up against a short surname.
- It is genuinely distinctive.
- The origin is not established for this spelling.
- Avery and Averly are close enough to confuse.
- It is very new in American records.
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Frequently asked
- How many Averlys are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Averly are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Averly in 2025?
- Averly ranks #2458 among US girl names in 2025, with 72 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Averly?
- About 1 in every 22,323 US girls born in 2025 was named Averly — 72 in all.
- Will my child share the name Averly with classmates?
- Averly will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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