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Avani

Girls' name · Current · Sanskrit origin

Living in the US
~4,300 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#805 among girls
Births in 2025
347 4,303 since 1880
Typical age
9 years, median

Avani popularity over time

Avani rank by birth year, 1975–2025Avani ranked #7,173 in 1975 and #805 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #805, in 2025.#1,000#10,000#80519801990200020102020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1975–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

2025 is the peak year for Avani, with 347 births. The name does not appear in the data until 1975. The 2025 position is #805, on 347 births.

Over ten years the count has risen 2.6×. It climbed 193 places against the previous year.

Babies named Avani per yearPeaks at 347 births in 2025.347 in 2025019801990200020102020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Avani?

About 4,300 people named Avani are alive in the United States today. SSA has recorded 4,303 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Avani?

The typical living Avani is 9 years old. Most living bearers were born in the 2020s. By the site’s era rules that makes Avani a current name.

Your Avani

Ages of living people named AvaniHalf of living Avanis are older than 9 and half younger.median 902040
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Avani is most common

Georgia uses the name 1.5× as often as the country as a whole.

Where Avani is used more than average2 states use the name Avani more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: 1.5× the national rateGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: 1.4× the national rateTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Avani is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Georgia 94 1.5×
Texas 298 1.4×

Avani in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Avani ranked #894 in 2025 on 39 births. That is 30% higher than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Avani comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit अवनि (“earth”).

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

See how Sanskrit names are used in American and British births on the Sanskrit names page.

Notable people named Avani

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Avani Lekhara Indian sports shooter (2001–) 2001 18
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Avani

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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