Ahava
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-hah-VAH
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #4,660 for girls
Ahava is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “love”. In 2025 it ranked 4,660th for girls in the US (29 babies).
What does Ahava mean?
Hebrew
“love”
Hebrew word for love, used as a modern Israeli and Jewish name.
Is Ahava a girl's or a boy's name?
Ahava is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ahava in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,660among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 55,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 29 girls in the US were named Ahava, making it the 4,660th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 32 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Ahava in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ahava in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2024 | 25 | #5,145 |
| 2023 | 32 | #4,361 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 22 | #5,569 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 23 | #5,450 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
Names like Ahava
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anvika Adhara Prisha Aviva Akshara Avaya Advika Avani Aavya Navi Aadhya Anvi
Names related to Ahava
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ahava: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ahava, updated 20 October 2026.