Avis
Avis is both a given name and a surname.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Avis
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Avis is both a given name and a surname.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Avis
American parents first put Avis on the record books as a baby girl name in 1880, with 14 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1920, when 438 Aviss were born — ranking #312 that year. About 23% of every Avis on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Avis ranks #8,343 for baby girls with 11 births, holding steady (-5%). All told, over 17K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Avis
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Avis. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Avis
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About the name Avis
Avis is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 17K births in the dataset. Avis's peak popularity came in 1920 when it ranked #238. Use the chart and map above to compare Avis'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.