Given name & surname · also Spanish
Avila
Avila is a surname from Spanish, ultimately from Galician.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Avila comes from Spanish, and ultimately from Galician.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1925. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Avila through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 801
- 0 boys · 801 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 90 babies
- 2025
- 67
- #2,586 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +55%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 67 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,586 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 54.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Florida had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (9). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 628 as a first name in 2020; 96,191 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Avila’s family of names
In Greek usage, Avila as a surname is a transliteration of Αβίλα.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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