Fun Facts About the Name Avalee
- More than 1 thousand babies named Avalee: U.S. records list 1,624 babies given the name Avalee from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Avalee Mean?
Avalee is a modern English feminine name formed from the name Ava plus the ending -lee. Because it joins two separate elements rather than descending from a single inherited name, it has no one agreed meaning of its own.
Ava is an old Germanic name, and its etymology is disputed. One explanation connects it to a Germanic root associated with "desire," while another treats it as a short form of longer Germanic compound names; neither explanation can be confirmed from the surviving early forms. The -lee in Avalee goes back to the Old English word lēah, meaning "woodland clearing" or "meadow." That same element lies behind the English surname and place-name endings -ley, -leigh, and -lee. A separate Persian name, Ava (آوا), means "voice" or "sound" and is not related to the Germanic Ava.
Avalee Name History & Origins
The Ava element has a long history in Germanic-speaking Europe. Saint Ava, a ninth-century Frankish woman, is venerated in what is now Belgium and northern France, and Ava of Melk, a twelfth-century German religious poet, is another medieval bearer of the name. Ava later came into use in the English-speaking world.
The -lee ending is English. It comes from Old English lēah, "woodland clearing," which survives in surnames and place names such as Leigh and Ashley. Avalee belongs to a modern pattern of English feminine names that add this ending to a short first element - Kaylee, Haylee, and Charlee follow the same structure - and it is written in several ways, including Avaleigh, Avaley, and Avalie. Its own history is therefore the combined history of those two parts, not that of a single inherited name.
A separate Persian name, Ava (آوا), means "voice" or "sound"; it is unrelated to the Germanic Ava and does not bear on Avalee.
How Popular is the Name Avalee?
Avalee has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2018. Its best rank was #1,832 in 2018.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,257 | 48 | 0.0030% |
| 2024 | #3,015 | 54 | 0.0033% |
| 2023 | #2,125 | 90 | 0.0056% |
| 2022 | #2,298 | 81 | 0.0049% |
| 2021 | #2,006 | 96 | 0.0059% |
| 2020 | #1,843 | 106 | 0.0066% |
| 2019 | #1,923 | 103 | 0.0061% |
| 2018 | #1,832 | 111 | 0.0065% |
| 2017 | #1,876 | 108 | 0.0063% |
| 2016 | #1,875 | 109 | 0.0062% |
| 2015 | #2,125 | 90 | 0.0050% |
| 2014 | #2,197 | 86 | 0.0048% |
| 2013 | #2,173 | 86 | 0.0049% |
| 2012 | #2,148 | 88 | 0.0050% |
| 2011 | #2,617 | 68 | 0.0039% |
| 2010 | #3,129 | 53 | 0.0030% |
| 2009 | #3,465 | 47 | 0.0026% |
| 2008 | #4,906 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 2007 | #5,922 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2006 | #7,528 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2005 | #6,565 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2004 | #12,927 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2003 | #12,584 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2001 | #15,651 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1944 | #4,613 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1934 | #4,335 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1932 | #3,934 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1928 | #2,965 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1927 | #3,901 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1926 | #4,916 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1925 | #4,481 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1924 | #4,035 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1922 | #4,049 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1921 | #4,510 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1920 | #3,367 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1918 | #4,338 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1917 | #4,657 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1916 | #4,483 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1911 | #2,505 | 5 | 0.0012% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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