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Averil

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 534

Ireland

#595

1990 births

Averil is a girl's name with 3 syllables. In 2014 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1915, when 20 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1895.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Averil over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1890s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2014, not a full ten years.

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'90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '00 '10
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Births named Averil by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1890s 17
1900s 26
1910s 102
1920s 107
1930s 43
1940s 26
1950s 26
1960s 28
1970s 17
1980s 15
2000s 16
2010s (to 2014) 23

How popular is Averil?

In 2014, Averil was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Averil is used

Ireland #595 3 in 1990
Scotland #599 3 in 1976
England & Wales #4,871 3 in 1996
United States #16,321 6 in 2014

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 Averil

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

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Sibling names for Averil

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

Common questions about Averil

How popular is the name Averil?

In 2014, Averil was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Averil is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Averil?

Averil has 3 syllables.

When was Averil most popular?

Averil peaked in 1915, when 20 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.