Avah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AY-va
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,570 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,436 for girls
Avah is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,570th for girls in the UK (20 babies) and 1,436th for girls in the US (150 babies).
Where does Avah come from?
Spelling of Ava
More on Wiktionary.
Is Avah a girl's or a boy's name?
Avah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the UK and 150 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Avah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,570among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the UK were named Avah, making it the 1,570th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 987th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 40 girls.
Half of all the girls named Avah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,000 girls in the UK were given Avah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #9, up from #1,570 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,512th in England and Wales.
Avah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,803 |
| 2023 | 36 | #1,030 |
| 2022 | 27 | #1,283 |
| 2021 | 33 | #1,109 |
| 2020 | 37 | #987 |
| 2019 | 23 | #1,439 |
| 2018 | 29 | #1,237 |
| 2017 | 35 | #1,079 |
| 2016 | 26 | #1,361 |
| 2015 | 32 | #1,160 |
| 2014 | 30 | #1,209 |
| 2013 | 40 | #987 |
| 2012 | 40 | #978 |
| 2011 | 32 | #1,141 |
| 2010 | 27 | #1,262 |
| 2009 | 20 | #1,507 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,745 |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
How popular is Avah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,436among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 150about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 63% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 150 girls in the US were named Avah, making it the 1,436th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 657th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 679 girls. It first appears in the records in 1923.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 7 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Avah than any year since 2005.
Half of all the girls named Avah in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 8,018 girls in the US were given Avah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #16, up from #1,436 for this spelling alone.
Avah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 150 | #1,436 |
| 2024 | 198 | #1,196 |
| 2023 | 234 | #1,064 |
| 2022 | 288 | #940 |
| 2021 | 338 | #822 |
| 2020 | 438 | #657 |
| 2019 | 444 | #659 |
| 2018 | 679 | #463 |
| 2017 | 522 | #578 |
| 2016 | 406 | #706 |
| 2015 | 438 | #656 |
| 2014 | 398 | #706 |
| 2013 | 346 | #788 |
| 2012 | 329 | #814 |
| 2011 | 294 | #887 |
| 2010 | 320 | #839 |
| 2009 | 289 | #924 |
| 2008 | 274 | #977 |
| 2007 | 233 | #1,109 |
| 2006 | 170 | #1,359 |
| 2005 | 106 | #1,837 |
| 2004 | 59 | #2,738 |
| 2003 | 31 | #4,216 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,970 |
Names like Avah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arya Prisha Anvi Saanvi Aadhya Avneet Aarvi Aavya Aarya Anaya Aashvi Anvika
Other spellings of Avah
Names related to Avah
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Avah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/avah, updated 20 October 2026.