Fun Facts About the Name Avalynn
- More than 4 thousand babies named Avalynn: U.S. records list 4,411 babies given the name Avalynn from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Avalynn Mean?
Avalynn is a modern English name built by joining Ava with the ending -lynn. It is a compound rather than a single inherited word, so it has no one settled meaning. The first element, Ava, has more than one possible background: it appears in medieval Germanic use as a short form of names beginning with a similar sound, and it also resembles the Latin word avis, "bird," though that resemblance alone does not establish origin. The ending -lynn traces to the Welsh word llyn, "lake," which came into English through the place name Lynn and later became a familiar closing element in given names such as Marilyn and Madelyn. Combining these parts gives no fixed literal translation; the customary glosses attached to Avalynn in modern name lists borrow a meaning from Ava rather than from the compound as a whole.
Avalynn Name History & Origins
The two halves of Avalynn have separate histories. Lynn began as a surname taken from place names, most famously the town of Lynn in Norfolk, England, whose name goes back to a Celtic word for "lake" (Welsh llyn). As a given name it was used for both men and women in the 19th century and became chiefly feminine in the 20th, when it also spread as a closing element in names like Marilyn, Carolyn, and Madelyn. Ava has older European roots: it is recorded in medieval Germanic lands, where it served as a short form of longer names, and it became common again in English-speaking countries in the 20th century.
Avalynn follows the long-standing English habit of making a new given name by attaching a familiar ending to a familiar first element, a pattern that became widespread in the 20th century and continues in the 21st. Unlike Ava, which has medieval records, or Lynn, which has centuries of use as a surname and place name, Avalynn rests on that combining pattern rather than on an older single name with its own recorded forms.
How Popular is the Name Avalynn?
Avalynn recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2020. Its best rank was #751 in 2020.
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 | #1,170 | 198 | 0.0123% |
| 2024 | #1,173 | 203 | 0.0126% |
| 2023 | #1,053 | 238 | 0.0149% |
| 2022 | #956 | 280 | 0.0171% |
| 2021 | #878 | 310 | 0.0189% |
| 2020 | #751 | 362 | 0.0224% |
| 2019 | #902 | 294 | 0.0175% |
| 2018 | #791 | 346 | 0.0203% |
| 2017 | #797 | 344 | 0.0199% |
| 2016 | #866 | 325 | 0.0183% |
| 2015 | #882 | 313 | 0.0175% |
| 2014 | #948 | 283 | 0.0158% |
| 2013 | #1,179 | 204 | 0.0116% |
| 2012 | #1,342 | 175 | 0.0099% |
| 2011 | #1,524 | 144 | 0.0082% |
| 2010 | #1,888 | 107 | 0.0060% |
| 2009 | #2,317 | 84 | 0.0046% |
| 2008 | #2,587 | 72 | 0.0038% |
| 2007 | #3,131 | 55 | 0.0029% |
| 2006 | #4,367 | 33 | 0.0017% |
| 2005 | #6,297 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2004 | #11,757 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2003 | #10,531 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2002 | #15,737 | 5 | 0.0003% |
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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