# Avi (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/avi/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “father”, “abraham”, “lit. father of a multitude”, “exalted father”, “abner”, “lit. father of light” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,921 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,087 / 834 (12% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 790, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hebrew אבי (Ávi, “father”), chiefly as a diminutive of אַבְרָהָם (Avrahám, “Abraham, lit. father of a multitude or exalted father”) and אַבְנֵר (Avnér, “Abner, lit. father of light”).

## What it means

Avi is grouped under father and light.

## 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 | 37 | 4,011 |
| 2012 | 37 | 4,058 |
| 2013 | 26 | 5,160 |
| 2014 | 34 | 4,278 |
| 2015 | 37 | 4,000 |
| 2016 | 34 | 4,266 |
| 2017 | 40 | 3,782 |
| 2018 | 49 | 3,251 |
| 2019 | 36 | 4,023 |
| 2020 | 48 | 3,226 |
| 2021 | 42 | 3,625 |
| 2022 | 59 | 2,865 |
| 2023 | 46 | 3,433 |
| 2024 | 27 | 4,914 |
| 2025 | 16 | 6,880 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 165 | 1,116 |
| 2012 | 179 | 1,060 |
| 2013 | 184 | 1,043 |
| 2014 | 187 | 1,057 |
| 2015 | 224 | 939 |
| 2016 | 220 | 947 |
| 2017 | 212 | 974 |
| 2018 | 230 | 924 |
| 2019 | 196 | 1,048 |
| 2020 | 244 | 916 |
| 2021 | 313 | 786 |
| 2022 | 366 | 720 |
| 2023 | 349 | 747 |
| 2024 | 290 | 842 |
| 2025 | 297 | 832 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3,318 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16 | 1,447 |
| 2012 | 28 | 998 |
| 2013 | 28 | 1,001 |
| 2014 | 33 | 889 |
| 2015 | 50 | 677 |
| 2016 | 31 | 946 |
| 2017 | 23 | 1,178 |
| 2018 | 36 | 851 |
| 2019 | 34 | 874 |
| 2020 | 40 | 781 |
| 2021 | 39 | 815 |
| 2022 | 43 | 758 |
| 2023 | 68 | 556 |
| 2024 | 64 | 592 |
| 2025 | 65 | 593 |

## People named Avi

- Avi Nash, American actor
- Avi Kaplan, American singer and songwriter, former member of Pentatonix
- Avi Lerner, American film producer
- Avi Nesher, film producer, film director, screenwriter, actor

## 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.