Fun Facts About the Name Avie
- More than 1 thousand babies named Avie: U.S. records list 1,774 babies given the name Avie from 1880 through 2025. Even 16 boys received the name Avie - about 1 boy for every 110 girls.
What Does the Name Avie Mean?
Avie is a diminutive - a pet form - rather than a name with its own fixed etymology, so its meaning depends on the longer name it shortens. In English use it most often stands for Ava or for the Hebrew name Aviva. Aviva is formed from Hebrew aviv, "spring" or "springtime," so that source gives Avie the sense "spring." Another possible source is Avis, which comes from the Latin avis, "bird." Ava itself has a disputed origin, and no single meaning can be attached to Avie through it. Since these are unrelated names, Avie has no one settled meaning of its own.
Avie Name History & Origins
Avie is a pet form made by adding the diminutive ending -ie to a shorter name, so its history is largely the history of the names it shortens rather than a separate line of development.
The Hebrew feminine name Aviva comes from aviv, a word that appears in the Hebrew Bible as the name of the spring month later called Nisan. The feminine personal name Aviva was formed from it in modern Hebrew and spread to English-speaking countries in the 20th century, where shortened forms such as Avie followed.
Avis, taken into English from the Latin word for "bird," was used as a given name in Britain, and Avie can serve as its informal short form.
Ava, probably the most frequent source of Avie today, was in use in medieval Europe; the Middle High German religious poet Ava of Melk, who died around 1127, is one recorded bearer. Because Ava's own derivation is not settled, Avie carries that uncertainty as well.
How Popular is the Name Avie?
Avie recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2023. Its best rank was #615 in 1884.
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 | #3,217 | 49 | 0.0030% |
| 2024 | #2,966 | 55 | 0.0034% |
| 2023 | #2,518 | 70 | 0.0044% |
| 2022 | #3,036 | 54 | 0.0033% |
| 2021 | #2,826 | 60 | 0.0037% |
| 2020 | #2,684 | 62 | 0.0038% |
| 2019 | #3,457 | 45 | 0.0027% |
| 2018 | #3,207 | 50 | 0.0029% |
| 2017 | #2,967 | 55 | 0.0032% |
| 2016 | #3,333 | 48 | 0.0027% |
| 2015 | #3,776 | 40 | 0.0022% |
| 2014 | #4,014 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 2013 | #3,652 | 42 | 0.0024% |
| 2012 | #4,980 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2011 | #4,261 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 2010 | #5,628 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 2009 | #4,495 | 33 | 0.0018% |
| 2008 | #5,781 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2007 | #6,858 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2006 | #12,578 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2005 | #8,968 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2004 | #9,341 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2003 | #8,058 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2002 | #13,823 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #13,722 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2000 | #9,252 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1998 | #12,634 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1995 | #13,657 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1981 | #10,559 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1979 | #10,338 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1978 | #9,889 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1973 | #8,523 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1971 | #8,426 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1960 | #6,438 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1959 | #5,603 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1958 | #6,160 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1956 | #6,010 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1955 | #5,881 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1954 | #3,499 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1953 | #5,079 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1952 | #4,955 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1950 | #3,065 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1949 | #4,710 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1948 | #3,909 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1947 | #3,723 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1946 | #2,751 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1945 | #3,699 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1944 | #2,960 | 10 | 0.0008% |
| 1943 | #3,513 | 8 | 0.0006% |
| 1942 | #4,154 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1941 | #3,270 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1940 | #3,529 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1939 | #2,606 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1938 | #3,198 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1937 | #3,168 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1936 | #2,273 | 13 | 0.0012% |
| 1935 | #2,589 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1933 | #2,415 | 12 | 0.0012% |
| 1932 | #2,375 | 13 | 0.0012% |
| 1931 | #2,315 | 13 | 0.0012% |
| 1930 | #2,209 | 15 | 0.0013% |
| 1929 | #3,158 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1928 | #2,395 | 14 | 0.0012% |
| 1927 | #2,345 | 15 | 0.0013% |
| 1926 | #2,006 | 19 | 0.0016% |
| 1925 | #2,631 | 13 | 0.0011% |
| 1924 | #1,815 | 23 | 0.0018% |
| 1923 | #1,846 | 22 | 0.0018% |
| 1922 | #2,622 | 13 | 0.0011% |
| 1921 | #1,546 | 29 | 0.0024% |
| 1920 | #1,892 | 21 | 0.0018% |
| 1919 | #1,652 | 24 | 0.0021% |
| 1918 | #2,387 | 14 | 0.0012% |
| 1917 | #1,512 | 25 | 0.0023% |
| 1916 | #1,872 | 18 | 0.0017% |
| 1915 | #1,887 | 17 | 0.0017% |
| 1914 | #1,388 | 21 | 0.0028% |
| 1913 | #1,897 | 11 | 0.0018% |
| 1912 | #1,995 | 9 | 0.0016% |
| 1911 | #1,036 | 18 | 0.0043% |
| 1910 | #1,275 | 13 | 0.0033% |
| 1909 | #1,785 | 7 | 0.0020% |
| 1908 | #1,213 | 12 | 0.0036% |
| 1907 | #1,307 | 10 | 0.0031% |
| 1906 | #1,052 | 13 | 0.0044% |
| 1905 | #1,431 | 8 | 0.0027% |
| 1904 | #1,006 | 13 | 0.0047% |
| 1903 | #1,212 | 9 | 0.0034% |
| 1902 | #1,617 | 6 | 0.0023% |
| 1901 | #1,015 | 11 | 0.0046% |
| 1900 | #1,112 | 12 | 0.0040% |
| 1899 | #1,626 | 5 | 0.0021% |
| 1898 | #968 | 13 | 0.0050% |
| 1897 | #1,271 | 7 | 0.0030% |
| 1896 | #1,132 | 9 | 0.0038% |
| 1894 | #786 | 15 | 0.0067% |
| 1893 | #1,030 | 9 | 0.0042% |
| 1892 | #1,178 | 7 | 0.0033% |
| 1891 | #844 | 11 | 0.0059% |
| 1890 | #947 | 9 | 0.0047% |
| 1888 | #797 | 11 | 0.0062% |
| 1887 | #1,042 | 6 | 0.0041% |
| 1886 | #1,120 | 5 | 0.0035% |
| 1885 | #931 | 6 | 0.0045% |
| 1884 | #615 | 12 | 0.0093% |
| 1883 | #827 | 6 | 0.0053% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #12,228 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2009 | #11,137 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1919 | #4,201 | 5 | 0.0005% |
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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