Is Avon a boy or girl name?

Avon is a unisex name. Of the 2,341 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 29.9% were girls and 70.1% were boys. It changed hands in 1956, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Avon

Recorded 1893–2025 · United States

Avon was most popular in 1948, when 46 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,318 that year. In 2025 it ranked #10,985, with 18 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,341 people named Avon.

Avon over time

Births per year. The dot marks Avon’s peak in 1948. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Avon a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Avon is a unisex name — 29.9% of the 2,341 Americans given it were girls and 70.1% were boys. It changed hands: since 1956 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Avon

Where Avon is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

Maryland 44.9×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org