Avenir first appears in the U.S. registration record in 2002. Its popularity climbed over the following decades. In 2013, 36 babies received the name (ranked #3064). Today it sits well outside the top 1,000 (around #4111), with roughly 26 babies named Avenir each year. Avenir's usage has held roughly steady recently. In total, around 425 babies have been registered with this name since 1880.