--- title: Robert Downey Jr. Actor, Wife Susan Welcome Baby Girl Avri Roel Downey description: Downey tweeted Wednesday that baby Avri Roel Downey is "pretty like mama" canonical: https://time.com/3558992/robert-downey-jr-new-baby-avri-roel/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-05T18:28:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T11:14:57.409Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Robert Downey Jr. Reveals Name of Baby Daughter og:description: He and wife Susan welcomed the newborn on Tuesday og:url: https://time.com/3558992/robert-downey-jr-new-baby-avri-roel/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Robert Downey Jr. Reveals Name of Baby Daughter twitter:description: He and wife Susan welcomed the newborn on Tuesday twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Robert Downey Jr. Reveals Name of Baby Daughter by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Nov 5, 2014 6:28 PM UTC by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Nov 5, 2014 6:28 PM UTC _Iron Man_ star Robert Downey Jr. has revealed the name of his new baby girl, who he [called](https://twitter.com/RobertDowneyJr/status/530044193704386560) “pretty like mama.” The 49-year-old actor tweeted Wednesday that he and his wife Susan welcomed a 7-pound bundle of joy early Tuesday morning. The pair named their newborn Avri Roel, and she is the couple’s second child. He also has an older son from a previous marriage. > [](https://twitter.com/RobertDowneyJr/status/530044193704386560) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3558992/robert-downey-jr-new-baby-avri-roel/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3558992/robert-downey-jr-new-baby-avri-roel/"},"headline":"Robert Downey Jr. Reveals Name of Baby Daughter","datePublished":"2014-11-05T18:28:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:14:57.409Z","description":"He and wife Susan welcomed the newborn on Tuesday","url":"https://time.com/3558992/robert-downey-jr-new-baby-avri-roel/","keywords":["celebrities","Television","Babies","entertainment"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3558992/robert-downey-jr-new-baby-avri-roel/","name":"Robert Downey Jr. Reveals Name of Baby Daughter"}}]}] ```