Avalon is the legendary island of Arthurian romance where Excalibur was forged and the wounded King Arthur was carried to heal; the name comes from the Welsh afal and means "island of apples". It has a dreamy, literary quality shared by names like Aurora and Juniper. Avalon has never reached the US top 1000, but it has held a steady place in the 1400s to 1700s, standing at number 1459 in 2025.