Is Avory a boy or girl name?

Avory is a unisex name. Of the 879 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 58.7% were girls and 41.3% were boys. It changed hands in 2018, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Avory

Recorded 1991–2025 · United States

Avory was most popular in 2014, when 56 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,182 that year. In 2025 it ranked #10,631, with 19 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 879 people named Avory.

Avory over time

Births per year. The dot marks Avory’s peak in 2014. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Avory a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Avory is a unisex name — 58.7% of the 879 Americans given it were girls and 41.3% were boys. It changed hands: since 2018 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 63% girls and 37% 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.

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