Avishai first appears in the U.S. registration record in 1996. Its popularity climbed over the following decades. In 2022, 20 babies received the name (ranked #4864). Today it sits well outside the top 1,000 (around #6656), with roughly 13 babies named Avishai each year. Avishai's usage has held roughly steady recently. In total, around 266 babies have been registered with this name since 1880.