Avant
A boys’ name of French origin, meaning before; forward.
Babies a year
11
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Avant by the numbers
Avant was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 58 babies in 2004, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Avant. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
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