Aava
Girl · AH-va
Aava is a girls' name, meaning “wide, open”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Aava mean?
Finnish, from aava 'wide, open'; also a spelling of Ava
“wide, open”
In Finnish, aava describes a wide open expanse, as in aava meri, the open sea.
- Say it
- AH-va
Is Aava a girl's or a boy's name?
Aava is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aava in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 5 girls.
Aava in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 2 | #7,309 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
How popular is Aava in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Aava, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 2006.
Half of all the girls named Aava in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aava in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
Names like Aava
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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