girl's name

Avalon

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 4,919

Scotland

#952

2013 births

Avalon is a girl's name with 3 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 162 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2025, when 162 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 20,465 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1907.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Avalon over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1900s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,351
'00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Avalon by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1900s 5
1910s 26
1920s 194
1930s 133
1940s 34
1950s 43
1980s 123
1990s 477
2000s 1,090
2010s 1,351
2020s (to 2025) 806

How popular is Avalon?

In 2025, Avalon was given to 162 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Avalon is used

Scotland #952 3 in 2013
United States #1,462 162 in 2025
Canada #2,058 11 in 2024
England & Wales #2,392 12 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Avalon

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Avalon also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Avalon over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Avalon

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Avalon — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Avalon

How popular is the name Avalon?

In 2025, Avalon was given to 162 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Avalon a girl's or a boy's name?

Avalon is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Avalon?

Avalon has 3 syllables.

When was Avalon most popular?

Avalon peaked in 2025, when 162 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Avalon a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Avalon currently ranks #1,462 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.