Avalon

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Avalon: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Avalon: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,594 in 2000, and it stood at #3,695 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1594highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1997	#2152
1998	#3848
1999	#2444
2000	#1594
2001	#3262
2002	#4137
2003	#2436
2004	#4598
2005	#2682
2007	#2627
2008	#2721
2009	#4564
2010	#3156
2011	#2636
2012	#2717
2013	#4050
2014	#2314
2015	#3615
2016	#3214
2017	#5765
2018	#3518
2019	#2869
2020	#1939
2021	#2711
2022	#2673
2023	#2063
2024	#3695

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2350 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1594 among girls in England and Wales, in 2000 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3695 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Avalon by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Avalon in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	22	4 of 10	6
2000s	55	9 of 10	6
2010s	71	10 of 10	7
2020sbusiest	51	5 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Avalon appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1594 in England and Wales in 2000.

Avalon's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3695	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2063	13	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2673	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2711	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1939	14	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2869	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2314	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2717	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2636	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2627	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2682	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2436	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1594	11	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2152	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,594, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
18 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,695position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
14births registered in its largest year, 2020Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Avana · #2201, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ameenah · #1594, 29y
Khalisah · #1594, 24y
Davide · #1595, 27y
Furqan · #1595, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Ameenah · #1594, 29y
Jamieleigh · #1594, 13y
Khalisah · #1594, 24y
Athanasios · #1595, 17y

Avalon and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Avalon without appearing here.

Avalon moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2869 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1939 and #5493.
Josefine Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5765 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1939 and #5493.
Hennie Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4598 and #4598 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2314 and #5691.
Lynette Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4564 and #4564 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2717 and #5876.

Moved ahead of Avalon

Frida Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2436 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #4598 and #1836.
Liv Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2436 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #4598 and #1836.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2063 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #1743.
Ada Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1594 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3262 and #1520.

Moved the opposite way to Avalon

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Avalon went from #2350 to #3695 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Avalon went from #2350 to #3695 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Avalon went from #2350 to #3695 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Avalon went from #2350 to #3695 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Avalon

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Avalon went from #2350 to #3695 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Avalon went from #2350 to #3695 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Avalon went from #2350 to #3695 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Avalon went from #2350 to #3695 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1594 in England and Wales in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Avalon

Avalon at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Avalon by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Avalon appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Avalon and the names beside it

Avalon moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Avalon

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Moved the same way as Avalon

Avalon at a glance

Avalon by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Avalon appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Avalon and the names beside it

Avalon moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Avalon

Moved the opposite way to Avalon

Moved the same way as Avalon