Ava-Rae
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AY-va-RAY
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,509 for girls
Ava-Rae is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “Ava + Rae”. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies).
What does Ava-Rae mean?
Modern: combination of Ava and Rae
“Ava + Rae”
Rae began as a short form of Rachel and is also used as a feminine of Ray.
Is Ava-Rae a girl's or a boy's name?
Ava-Rae is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ava-Rae in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,509among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Ava-Rae, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,526th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 25 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Ava-Rae than any year since 2011.
Half of all the girls named Ava-Rae in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
Ava-Rae in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 24 | #1,406 |
| 2021 | 25 | #1,353 |
| 2020 | 21 | #1,526 |
| 2019 | 20 | #1,599 |
| 2018 | 23 | #1,468 |
| 2017 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 20 | #1,653 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,813 |
| 2014 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2013 | 13 | #2,174 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,756 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
Names like Ava-Rae
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aria Aurora Anaya Florence Esme Elodie Indie Amara Athena Penelope Sophia Nevaeh
Names related to Ava-Rae
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Jax Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn Ailani
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-Rae: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ava-rae, updated 20 October 2026.