Avanti
Avanti is a name with a single cultural origin: Hindi.
- Hindi
Meaning & Origin of Avanti
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Avanti is a name with a single cultural origin: Hindi.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hindi
The Story of Avanti
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Avanti as a girl name dates back to 1980, when 7 babies received it. 1986 was its biggest year on record, with 16 newborns named Avanti — #4,723 in the national rankings. About 27% of every Avanti on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Avanti last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 347 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Avanti as a boy name dates back to 1987, when 10 babies received it. 1987 was its biggest year on record, with 10 newborns named Avanti — #4,239 in the national rankings. About 44% of every Avanti on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Avanti last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 57 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Avanti
Avanti is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1980 and has accumulated 347 births in the dataset. Avanti's peak popularity came in 1986 when it ranked #4,723. Use the chart and map above to compare Avanti's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.