Avana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-VAH-na
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,100 for girls
Avana is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 3,100th for girls in the US (52 babies).
Where does Avana come from?
Modern: elaboration of Ava, perhaps influenced by Havana
Is Avana a girl's or a boy's name?
Avana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 52 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Avana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Avana, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 12 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Avana than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Avana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were given Avana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,226, up from #3,776 for this spelling alone.
- Avana 6
- Avannah 4
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Avana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
How popular is Avana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,100among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 52about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 100% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 52 girls in the US were named Avana, making it the 3,100th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,755th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 62 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the girls named Avana in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 90 girls in the US were given Avana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,828, up from #3,100 for this spelling alone.
Avana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52 | #3,100 |
| 2024 | 45 | #3,459 |
| 2023 | 41 | #3,707 |
| 2022 | 62 | #2,756 |
| 2021 | 37 | #3,933 |
| 2020 | 27 | #4,755 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 23 | #5,450 |
| 2017 | 27 | #4,920 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
Nicknames for Avana
- Ava 1,836 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Avana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anvika Prisha Arya Avaya Advika Akshara Avira Aadhya Anaya Arisha Saanvika Hanvika
Other spellings of Avana
Names related to Avana
Avani Evana Avaani Ivana Aviana Avianna Avyanna Avina Avyana
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), 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, “Avana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/avana, updated 20 October 2026.