Avani

What Avani means

Means “earth”

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

Source: Wiktionary, “Avani” (revision 91312488), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Avani?

US: Rising: up from #1600 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #775 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 339 girls got the name (#805 that year). First in the US records in 1975.

How common

• About 1 in 4,741 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 6,494 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in GA (0.53 per 1,000 girls), WA (0.45 per 1,000 girls), CT (0.43 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Avani is #805 in the US and #894 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 97.7% of US babies named Avani were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Ivana217 US · 38 E&W
• Evana83 US · 42 E&W
• Avana52 US · 6 E&W
• Evany53 US
• Avina40 US · 4 E&W
• Avaani8 US · 31 E&W
• Evani36 US
• Avanni34 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Avani

Girls

• Lila#186“lilac”^*
• Ila#718Editor’s note Up from #1,183 in 2015 to #718 in 2025 in the US
• Arya#158“noble, respectable”^*
• Anya#375Editor’s note Up from #550 in 2015 to #375 in 2025 in the US
• Maya#62Editor’s note Steady in the US: #68 in 2015 and #62 in 2025. About 1 in 430 US girls in the 2025 records
• Kali#323Editor’s note Down from #267 in 2015 to #323 in 2025 in the US

For a brother

• Arjun#490Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1967, with 7 babies
• Aarav#710“sound; loud noise”^*
• Ishaan#893Editor’s note Up from #918 in 2015 to #893 in 2025 in the US
• Kieran#389Editor’s note Up from #512 in 2015 to #389 in 2025 in the US
• Bodhi#265Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1976, with 5 babies
• Rohan#810“to ascend”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Sanskrit & Indian, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Avani’s. Rank is US 2025.