# Avani (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/avani/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “earth” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,303 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 57 / 4,246 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 802, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अवनि (avani, “earth”).

## What it means

Avani is grouped under earth.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 203 | 1,186 |
| 2012 | 159 | 1,436 |
| 2013 | 149 | 1,487 |
| 2014 | 141 | 1,547 |
| 2015 | 134 | 1,600 |
| 2016 | 140 | 1,582 |
| 2017 | 135 | 1,608 |
| 2018 | 130 | 1,633 |
| 2019 | 101 | 1,941 |
| 2020 | 241 | 1,042 |
| 2021 | 254 | 1,007 |
| 2022 | 214 | 1,139 |
| 2023 | 326 | 840 |
| 2024 | 259 | 998 |
| 2025 | 339 | 806 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | 12,418 |
| 2012 | 7 | 9,803 |
| 2014 | 5 | 12,281 |
| 2020 | 6 | 10,739 |
| 2021 | 6 | 10,923 |
| 2022 | 8 | 9,063 |
| 2023 | 5 | 12,430 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10,015 |
| 2025 | 8 | 8,996 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 29 | 1,149 |
| 2012 | 43 | 874 |
| 2013 | 48 | 802 |
| 2014 | 53 | 740 |
| 2015 | 50 | 775 |
| 2016 | 37 | 975 |
| 2017 | 37 | 982 |
| 2018 | 30 | 1,136 |
| 2019 | 25 | 1,292 |
| 2020 | 30 | 1,100 |
| 2021 | 40 | 884 |
| 2022 | 22 | 1,416 |
| 2023 | 34 | 1,008 |
| 2024 | 68 | 575 |
| 2025 | 39 | 894 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: अवनि

## People named Avani

- Avani Gregg, American social media personality

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.