Avila
Feminine
Ávila is a walled Spanish city, and Teresa of Ávila reformed the Carmelites and wrote about prayer as a castle.
How old is the name Avila?
Avila first appears in US birth records in 1925 — 100 years ago. The typical Avila is a kid of about 5 — this name's wave is very recent. About 800 people named Avila are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Avila most popular?
Avila peaked in 2024, reaching #2118 nationally. Today it ranks #2583, 465 places below that high. See the whole 2024 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Avila
Ávila's medieval walls are among the best preserved in Europe. Teresa of Ávila reformed the Carmelite order against considerable opposition and wrote the Interior Castle, describing the soul as a castle of many rooms. She was made a Doctor of the Church in 1970. The name is in current American use.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The city's name has no recovered etymology; proposals include a pre-Roman Iberian root and a Latin one. Neither is established. The surname derives from the place, and the given name from the surname. Honest sources record the origin as unknown.
Pronouncing Avila
AH-vee-lah
Three syllables, stress on the first. Spanish marks the stress with an accent.
Nicknames for Avila
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
- 1925
- Most girls named
- 202490 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2118reached in 2024
- Change vs 2024
- −25.6%67 in 2025, from 90
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.
Avila in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Ávila in Spanish — same name
- Ávila in Portuguese — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Virginia.
Avilas among us
people named Avila are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 23,989 born in 2025 was named Avila
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 Teah test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Avila's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Teah climbed just as high around 1981, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Teah's path sketches the road Avila is walking now.
Avila 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 Avila is headed
Avila looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 27% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
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.
Avila beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Avila in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Teresa of Ávila is a first-rate bearer of the place name.
- Avi is available as a short form that is a real name elsewhere.
- Three syllables of open vowels, which carries unusually well.
- The city's own name has no recovered meaning.
- It reads as a surname and a place name.
- The accent is usually dropped in American records.
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Frequently asked
- How many Avilas 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 Avila are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Avila in 2025?
- Avila ranks #2583 among US girl names in 2025, with 67 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Avila?
- About 1 in every 23,989 US girls born in 2025 was named Avila — 67 in all.
- Will my child share the name Avila with classmates?
- Avila will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Avila
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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