Ava-May
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AY-va-MAY
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,280 for girls
Ava-May is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “Ava + the month of May”. In 2025 it ranked 1,280th for girls in the UK (26 babies).
What does Ava-May mean?
Modern: combination of Ava and May
“Ava + the month of May”
Joins Ava with May, an old pet form of Mary and Margaret.
Is Ava-May a girl's or a boy's name?
Ava-May is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ava-May in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,280among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 26 girls in the UK were named Ava-May, making it the 1,280th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 762nd. Its busiest year was 2020, with 53 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ava-May in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 100 girls in the UK were given Ava-May or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #441, up from #1,280 for this spelling alone.
- Ava-Mae 74
- Ava-May 26
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,229th in England and Wales.
Ava-May in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #1,280 |
| 2024 | 33 | #1,084 |
| 2023 | 24 | #1,399 |
| 2022 | 34 | #1,066 |
| 2021 | 29 | #1,231 |
| 2020 | 53 | #762 |
| 2019 | 48 | #839 |
| 2018 | 39 | #995 |
| 2017 | 46 | #897 |
| 2016 | 38 | #1,014 |
| 2015 | 28 | #1,276 |
| 2014 | 34 | #1,100 |
| 2013 | 29 | #1,261 |
| 2012 | 33 | #1,128 |
| 2011 | 21 | #1,518 |
| 2010 | 24 | #1,380 |
| 2009 | 14 | #1,957 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
Names like Ava-May
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anvika Avaya Arya Anaya Anvi Prisha Saanvi Avani Aadhya Aarvi Avneet Aavya
Other spellings of Ava-May
Names related to Ava-May
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ava-May: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ava-may, updated 20 October 2026.