Ave
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AH-vay
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Ave is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “hail, greetings”. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Ave mean?
Latin: Latin greeting
“hail, greetings”
The Latin greeting 'hail', as in the prayer Ave Maria.
Is Ave a girl's or a boy's name?
Ave is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ave in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Ave, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 1913.
Half of all the girls named Ave in the US since 1880 were born between 1958 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ave in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 29 | #4,733 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 25 | #5,535 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 31 | #4,674 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,488 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,201 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 15 | #3,335 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,262 |
| 1961 | 14 | #3,459 |
| 1960 | 14 | #3,356 |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,030 |
| 1958 | 12 | #3,542 |
| 1957 | 14 | #3,149 |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,160 |
| 1955 | 17 | #2,724 |
| 1954 | 17 | #2,694 |
| 1953 | 17 | #2,594 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,551 |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,481 |
| 1950 | 8 | #3,960 |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,891 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1944 | 13 | #2,510 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,845 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,751 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,053 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,027 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,640 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,657 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,185 |
Names like Ave
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Celine Noelle Annabelle Juliette Camille Celeste Ava Vivienne Phoebe Elise Ellie Sylvie
Names related to Ave
More Latin names
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Ave: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ave, updated 20 October 2026.