Avir comes from the Hebrew / Biblical tradition, meaning "Air" or "breath" in Sanskrit..
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How popular is Avir?
2024peak year
Today, Avir is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #4081), with only about 35 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2024, 92 babies were given the name (ranked #1772 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2020s. Avir has been trending upward in recent years. In all, around 358 babies have been registered as Avir since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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