Avery
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Avery
Avery is a hugely popular name in the US, especially for girls. But while nearly four times as many girls as boys are named Avery today Avery's popularity is starting to soften for girls while it continues to strengthen for boys.
Avery for girls#37 US
Unlike many gender-neutral surname-y names popular today, Avery began life as a first name and later became a patronymic last name. It originated in the Middle Ages as a Norman-French pronunciation variation of the Anglo-Saxon name Alfred and the Ancient Germanic name Alberich. The elements aelf, meaning "elf" and ric, meaning "ruler" give Avery its meaning.
Angie Harmon and Jason Sehorn may have started it all when they chose it for their daughter in 2005, just as they did with daughters Finley and Emery. Amy Locane used the name in 2009 and now Dr. Phil has a granddaughter named Avery.
On 30 Rock, Elizabeth Banks had an extended cameo playing Alec Baldwin's glamorous fiancée, Avery Jessup.
Avery for boys#291 US
Avery is a unisex name that is used four times as often today for girls as for boys. But while Avery's popularity is starting to soften for girls, it continues to get stronger for boys -- in keeping with our finding that gender neutral names are becoming more favored for boys than for girls.
Pronounced AY-ver-ee.
As of October 2026, Avery ranked #37 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #12 in 2013, Nameberry popularity #159.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #14 | 9,578 | #186 | 2,283 |
| 2015 | #16 | 9,355 | #188 | 2,218 |
| 2016 | #16 | 8,774 | #189 | 2,124 |
| 2017 | #14 | 8,232 | #181 | 2,198 |
| 2018 | #16 | 8,097 | #190 | 2,116 |
| 2019 | #18 | 7,349 | #204 | 1,933 |
| 2020 | #19 | 6,744 | #211 | 1,794 |
| 2021 | #19 | 6,807 | #210 | 1,806 |
| 2022 | #26 | 6,249 | #221 | 1,663 |
| 2023 | #29 | 5,874 | #241 | 1,461 |
| 2024 | #31 | 5,632 | #259 | 1,348 |
| 2025 | #37 | 5,267 | #291 | 1,156 |
World rankings
Avery for boys
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Famous Averys
- Avery (born Anna Marie Iannitelli)Girl
American pop singer
- Avery Laurel HansonGirl
sister of the musical Hanson brothers
- Troian Avery BellisarioGirl
American actress
- Avery Singer (b. 1995)Girl
daughter of reality TV's Ramona Singer ("The Real Housewives of New York")
- Avery ResnikoffGirl
daughter of Meg Resnikoff, co,founder of YouTube channel "whatsupmoms"
- Avery Grace Sehorn (b. 2005)Girl
daughter of actors Jason Sehorn and Angie Harmon
- Avery Hope Bovenizer (b. 2009)Girl
daughter of actress Amy Locane
- Avery Elizabeth McGraw (b. 2010)Girl
daughter of Jay Phillip McGraw and Erica Dahm; granddaughter of Dr. Phil McGraw
- Avery Julie Sansone (b. 2012)Girl
daughter of news anchor Julie Banderas
- Avery SuterGirl
daughter of ice hockey player Ryan Suter
- Avery HutchinsonGirl
daughter of ice hockey player Andrew Hutchinson
- Avery Sherman (b. 2016)Girl
daughter of NFL player Richard Sherman
- Avery Chen (b. 2016)Girl
daughter of actors Andie Chen and Kate Pang
- Grace Avery Costner (b. 2010)Girl
daughter of actor Kevin Costner
- Avrey OvardGirl
Youtuber
- Avery Lawrence SchreiberBoy
American comedian
- Avery DeWitt JohnsonBoy
American basketball coach
- Avery Franklin BrooksBoy
American actor
- Avery BrundageBoy
American former president of the International Olympic Committee
- Avery Antonio BradleyBoy
American NBA basketball player
- Avery Robert DullesBoy
American cardinal
- Avery Storm (born Ralph Di Stasio)Boy
American R&B singer
- (Branden) Avery WilsonBoy
American singer and "The Voice" contestant
- Avery Robert FisherBoy
American audio specialist who inspired the name of Avery Fisher Hall
- Avery Jack Schelske (b. 1999)Boy
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Avery in pop culture
- Avery JessupGirl
character on TV's "30 Rock"
- Avery JenningsGirl
character on TV's "Dog with a Blog"
- Avery Bailey ClarkGirl
character on American soap "The Young and the Restless"
- Avery CorinthosGirl
character on American soap "General Hospital"
- Avery BrownGirl
Murphy's mother on TV's "Murphy Brown"
- Avery BishopGirl
character in film "Jerry Maguire"
- Avery SchultzGirl
character on TV's "The Mentalist"
- Avery RyanGirl
character on TV's "CSI:Cyber" played by Patricia Arquette
- AveryBoth
character in the game "Hustle Cat"
- Avery WhitbourneGirl
character in film "Bring It On: Fight to the Finish"
- Avery FullerGirl
character from Katherine McGee's book series "The Thousandth Floor"
- Avery GrambsGirl
character in bestselling Inheritance Games series by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
- Fitzroy Avery VackerGirl
Main Character in Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger
- Avery ArableBoy
Fern's brother in E.B. White's "Charlotte's Web"
- Avery Silas BarkleyBoy
character on TV's "Nashville"
- Avery BrownBoy
Murphy's son on TV's "Murphy Brown"
- Avery BullockBoy
Stan's boss on TV's "American Dad"
- Avery Junior JohnsonBoy
character in video game Halo
- Avery GiffordBoy
indolent New Englander in Marquand's "Wickford Point" (1939)
- Avery CarringtonBoy
character in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- Avery ConnorBoy
character in graphic novel Wolverine & Elektra: The Redeemer
- AveryBoy
Slytherin boy in the "Harry Potter" series
- Jackson AveryBoy
surgeon on TV's "Grey's Anatomy"