Ava
Girl · AY-va · Hebrew
Ava is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 11th for girls in the UK (1,836 babies) and 11th for girls in the US (7,732 babies).
What does Ava mean?
Hebrew: perhaps a medieval Germanic name, or a form of Eve
Borne by a 9th-century Frankish saint, and later by the Hollywood actress Ava Gardner.
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- AY-va
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Is Ava a girl's or a boy's name?
Ava is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 1,836 girls in the UK and 7,732 girls and 7 boys in the US.
How popular is Ava in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #11among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 1,836about 1 in 150 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 8.8%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 1,836 girls in the UK were named Ava, making it the 11th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 4,303 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 10 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Ava than any year since 2007.
Half of all the girls named Ava in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,000 girls in the UK were given Ava or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #9, up from #11 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 11th in England and Wales, 13th in Scotland and 20th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2014 (#6) and 2024 (#9).
Ava in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,836 | #11 |
| 2024 | 2,013 | #8 |
| 2023 | 2,326 | #6 |
| 2022 | 2,603 | #5 |
| 2021 | 2,907 | #4 |
| 2020 | 3,052 | #4 |
| 2019 | 3,325 | #4 |
| 2018 | 3,508 | #4 |
| 2017 | 3,702 | #5 |
| 2016 | 3,784 | #5 |
| 2015 | 3,912 | #5 |
| 2014 | 3,670 | #5 |
| 2013 | 4,101 | #4 |
| 2012 | 4,303 | #7 |
| 2011 | 4,215 | #7 |
| 2010 | 4,060 | #10 |
| 2009 | 3,433 | #11 |
| 2008 | 2,844 | #18 |
| 2007 | 1,715 | #34 |
| 2006 | 1,183 | #55 |
| 2005 | 788 | #75 |
| 2004 | 425 | #137 |
| 2003 | 363 | #154 |
| 2002 | 263 | #178 |
| 2001 | 219 | #208 |
| 2000 | 150 | #284 |
| 1999 | 80 | #438 |
| 1998 | 63 | #511 |
| 1997 | 58 | #527 |
| 1996 | 31 | #798 |
How popular is Ava in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7,732about 1 in 210 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 6.5%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7,732 girls in the US were named Ava, making it the 11th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3rd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 18,053 girls. 7 boys were also named Ava in 2025 (9,710th for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 10 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Ava than any year since 2003.
Half of all the girls named Ava in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ava in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7,732 | #11 |
| 2024 | 8,700 | #9 |
| 2023 | 9,737 | #8 |
| 2022 | 11,107 | #7 |
| 2021 | 12,873 | #5 |
| 2020 | 13,201 | #3 |
| 2019 | 14,549 | #3 |
| 2018 | 15,034 | #3 |
| 2017 | 16,017 | #3 |
| 2016 | 16,354 | #3 |
| 2015 | 16,416 | #4 |
| 2014 | 15,727 | #5 |
| 2013 | 15,271 | #5 |
| 2012 | 15,549 | #5 |
| 2011 | 15,518 | #5 |
| 2010 | 15,444 | #5 |
| 2009 | 15,877 | #5 |
| 2008 | 17,051 | #5 |
| 2007 | 18,053 | #4 |
| 2006 | 16,941 | #5 |
| 2005 | 13,606 | #9 |
| 2004 | 8,645 | #25 |
| 2003 | 6,280 | #39 |
| 2002 | 3,751 | #82 |
| 2001 | 2,539 | #132 |
| 2000 | 1,796 | #180 |
| 1999 | 1,215 | #259 |
| 1998 | 831 | #350 |
| 1997 | 362 | #618 |
| 1996 | 285 | #740 |
| 1995 | 279 | #733 |
| 1994 | 276 | #750 |
| 1993 | 286 | #733 |
| 1992 | 239 | #833 |
| 1991 | 236 | #845 |
| 1990 | 198 | #948 |
| 1989 | 175 | #983 |
| 1988 | 167 | #986 |
| 1987 | 176 | #931 |
| 1986 | 166 | #950 |
| 1985 | 134 | #1,081 |
| 1984 | 146 | #988 |
| 1983 | 107 | #1,200 |
| 1982 | 109 | #1,221 |
| 1981 | 123 | #1,122 |
| 1980 | 113 | #1,183 |
| 1979 | 132 | #1,051 |
| 1978 | 132 | #1,031 |
| 1977 | 103 | #1,191 |
| 1976 | 96 | #1,182 |
| 1975 | 127 | #973 |
| 1974 | 130 | #950 |
| 1973 | 108 | #1,066 |
| 1972 | 153 | #848 |
| 1971 | 161 | #848 |
| 1970 | 177 | #789 |
| 1969 | 170 | #786 |
| 1968 | 177 | #743 |
| 1967 | 176 | #736 |
| 1966 | 199 | #695 |
| 1965 | 227 | #649 |
| 1964 | 268 | #610 |
| 1963 | 273 | #604 |
| 1962 | 263 | #618 |
| 1961 | 262 | #631 |
| 1960 | 327 | #532 |
| 1959 | 337 | #528 |
| 1958 | 378 | #492 |
| 1957 | 432 | #455 |
| 1956 | 509 | #400 |
| 1955 | 508 | #387 |
| 1954 | 540 | #375 |
| 1953 | 462 | #393 |
| 1952 | 388 | #434 |
| 1951 | 384 | #425 |
| 1950 | 299 | #468 |
| 1949 | 240 | #533 |
| 1948 | 197 | #592 |
| 1947 | 199 | #603 |
| 1946 | 131 | #703 |
| 1945 | 80 | #842 |
| 1944 | 91 | #801 |
| 1943 | 109 | #742 |
| 1942 | 132 | #648 |
| 1941 | 89 | #756 |
| 1940 | 78 | #802 |
| 1939 | 90 | #717 |
| 1938 | 83 | #764 |
| 1937 | 114 | #634 |
| 1936 | 113 | #620 |
| 1935 | 109 | #621 |
| 1934 | 129 | #564 |
| 1933 | 119 | #592 |
| 1932 | 145 | #541 |
| 1931 | 136 | #561 |
| 1930 | 142 | #571 |
| 1929 | 135 | #588 |
| 1928 | 135 | #604 |
| 1927 | 141 | #598 |
| 1926 | 164 | #547 |
| 1925 | 164 | #560 |
| 1924 | 157 | #587 |
| 1923 | 173 | #546 |
| 1922 | 160 | #567 |
| 1921 | 177 | #537 |
| 1920 | 184 | #515 |
| 1919 | 159 | #546 |
| 1918 | 174 | #529 |
| 1917 | 180 | #492 |
| 1916 | 186 | #466 |
| 1915 | 171 | #471 |
| 1914 | 156 | #434 |
| 1913 | 112 | #477 |
| 1912 | 98 | #483 |
| 1911 | 86 | #438 |
| 1910 | 79 | #449 |
| 1909 | 49 | #541 |
| 1908 | 58 | #474 |
| 1907 | 55 | #481 |
| 1906 | 62 | #437 |
| 1905 | 53 | #464 |
| 1904 | 50 | #463 |
| 1903 | 55 | #428 |
| 1902 | 40 | #502 |
| 1901 | 46 | #435 |
| 1900 | 65 | #417 |
| 1899 | 44 | #438 |
| 1898 | 53 | #422 |
| 1897 | 42 | #453 |
| 1896 | 38 | #467 |
| 1895 | 54 | #379 |
| 1894 | 58 | #367 |
| 1893 | 46 | #394 |
| 1892 | 54 | #360 |
| 1891 | 41 | #387 |
| 1890 | 49 | #361 |
| 1889 | 44 | #362 |
| 1888 | 41 | #374 |
| 1887 | 36 | #360 |
| 1886 | 27 | #416 |
| 1885 | 18 | #500 |
| 1884 | 32 | #349 |
| 1883 | 29 | #331 |
| 1882 | 21 | #389 |
| 1881 | 18 | #393 |
| 1880 | 13 | #466 |
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