Ava
#11 for girls in 2025, 7,732 births · #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2016 · 16,354 births
- Debut · girls
- 13 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 24 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 344,097since 1880
Ava over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11 | 7,732 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2024 | #9 | 8,700 | — | |
| 2023 | #8 | 9,737 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #7 | 11,107 | #8,300 | 9 |
| 2021 | #5 | 12,873 | #8,825 | 8 |
| 2020 | #3 | 13,201 | #7,034 | 11 |
| 2019 | #3 | 14,549 | — | |
| 2018 | #3 | 15,034 | #7,617 | 10 |
| 2017 | #3 | 16,017 | #6,338 | 13 |
| 2016 | #3 | 16,354 | #7,157 | 11 |
| 2015 | #4 | 16,416 | #4,890 | 19 |
| 2014 | #5 | 15,727 | #5,733 | 15 |
| 2013 | #5 | 15,271 | #5,171 | 17 |
| 2012 | #5 | 15,549 | #4,686 | 20 |
| 2011 | #5 | 15,518 | #5,200 | 17 |
| 2010 | #5 | 15,444 | #5,251 | 17 |
| 2009 | #5 | 15,877 | #4,278 | 23 |
| 2008 | #5 | 17,051 | #5,487 | 16 |
| 2007 | #4 | 18,053 | #6,622 | 12 |
| 2006 | #5 | 16,941 | #4,001 | 24 |
| 2005 | #9 | 13,606 | #3,389 | 29 |
| 2004 | #25 | 8,645 | #2,887 | 35 |
| 2003 | #39 | 6,280 | #7,245 | 9 |
| 2002 | #82 | 3,751 | — | |
| 2001 | #132 | 2,539 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #180 | 1,796 | — | |
| 1999 | #259 | 1,215 | — | |
| 1998 | #350 | 831 | — | |
| 1997 | #618 | 362 | — | |
| 1996 | #740 | 285 | — | |
| 1995 | #734 | 279 | — | |
| 1994 | #751 | 276 | — | |
| 1993 | #734 | 286 | — | |
| 1992 | #835 | 239 | — | |
| 1991 | #847 | 236 | — | |
| 1990 | #950 | 198 | — | |
| 1989 | #986 | 175 | — | |
| 1988 | #986 | 167 | — | |
| 1987 | #931 | 176 | — | |
| 1986 | #950 | 166 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,081 | 134 | — | |
| 1984 | #988 | 146 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,200 | 107 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,221 | 109 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,122 | 123 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,183 | 113 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,051 | 132 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,031 | 132 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,191 | 103 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,182 | 96 | — | |
| 1975 | #973 | 127 | — | |
| 1974 | #950 | 130 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,066 | 108 | — | |
| 1972 | #848 | 153 | — | |
| 1971 | #848 | 161 | — | |
| 1970 | #789 | 177 | — | |
| 1969 | #786 | 170 | — | |
| 1968 | #743 | 177 | — | |
| 1967 | #736 | 176 | — | |
| 1966 | #695 | 199 | — | |
| 1965 | #649 | 227 | — | |
| 1964 | #610 | 268 | — | |
| 1963 | #604 | 273 | — | |
| 1962 | #618 | 263 | — | |
| 1961 | #631 | 262 | — | |
| 1960 | #532 | 327 | — | |
| 1959 | #528 | 337 | — | |
| 1958 | #492 | 378 | — | |
| 1957 | #455 | 432 | — | |
| 1956 | #401 | 509 | — | |
| 1955 | #388 | 508 | — | |
| 1954 | #376 | 540 | — | |
| 1953 | #394 | 462 | — | |
| 1952 | #435 | 388 | — | |
| 1951 | #426 | 384 | — | |
| 1950 | #469 | 299 | — | |
| 1949 | #534 | 240 | — | |
| 1948 | #593 | 197 | — | |
| 1947 | #603 | 199 | — | |
| 1946 | #703 | 131 | — | |
| 1945 | #842 | 80 | — | |
| 1944 | #801 | 91 | — | |
| 1943 | #742 | 109 | — | |
| 1942 | #648 | 132 | — | |
| 1941 | #756 | 89 | — | |
| 1940 | #802 | 78 | — | |
| 1939 | #717 | 90 | — | |
| 1938 | #764 | 83 | — | |
| 1937 | #634 | 114 | — | |
| 1936 | #620 | 113 | — | |
| 1935 | #621 | 109 | — | |
| 1934 | #564 | 129 | — | |
| 1933 | #592 | 119 | — | |
| 1932 | #541 | 145 | — | |
| 1931 | #561 | 136 | — | |
| 1930 | #571 | 142 | — | |
| 1929 | #588 | 135 | — | |
| 1928 | #604 | 135 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #598 | 141 | #3,780 | 6 |
| 1926 | #547 | 164 | — | |
| 1925 | #560 | 164 | — | |
| 1924 | #587 | 157 | — | |
| 1923 | #546 | 173 | — | |
| 1922 | #567 | 160 | — | |
| 1921 | #537 | 177 | — | |
| 1920 | #515 | 184 | — | |
| 1919 | #546 | 159 | — | |
| 1918 | #529 | 174 | — | |
| 1917 | #492 | 180 | — | |
| 1916 | #466 | 186 | — | |
| 1915 | #471 | 171 | — | |
| 1914 | #434 | 156 | — | |
| 1913 | #477 | 112 | — | |
| 1912 | #483 | 98 | — | |
| 1911 | #438 | 86 | — | |
| 1910 | #449 | 79 | — | |
| 1909 | #541 | 49 | — | |
| 1908 | #474 | 58 | — | |
| 1907 | #481 | 55 | — | |
| 1906 | #437 | 62 | — | |
| 1905 | #464 | 53 | — | |
| 1904 | #463 | 50 | — | |
| 1903 | #428 | 55 | — | |
| 1902 | #502 | 40 | — | |
| 1901 | #435 | 46 | — | |
| 1900 | #417 | 65 | — | |
| 1899 | #438 | 44 | — | |
| 1898 | #422 | 53 | — | |
| 1897 | #453 | 42 | — | |
| 1896 | #467 | 38 | — | |
| 1895 | #379 | 54 | — | |
| 1894 | #367 | 58 | — | |
| 1893 | #394 | 46 | — | |
| 1892 | #360 | 54 | — | |
| 1891 | #387 | 41 | — | |
| 1890 | #361 | 49 | — | |
| 1889 | #362 | 44 | — | |
| 1888 | #374 | 41 | — | |
| 1887 | #360 | 36 | — | |
| 1886 | #416 | 27 | — | |
| 1885 | #500 | 18 | — | |
| 1884 | #349 | 32 | — | |
| 1883 | #331 | 29 | — | |
| 1882 | #389 | 21 | — | |
| 1881 | #393 | 18 | — | |
| 1880 | #466 | 13 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Ava was already there! It came in at #466, and was given to 13 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 19 girls a year got the name.
Where Ava is popular in 2005
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Minnesota#1 · 1 in 57
- Rhode Island#2 · 1 in 43
- Connecticut#3 · 1 in 60
- Massachusetts#3 · 1 in 60
- New Jersey#3 · 1 in 74
Best ever in a state: #1 in Minnesota, 2005.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | #1 | 460 | 1 in 57 |
| Rhode Island | #2 | 88 | 1 in 43 |
| Connecticut | #3 | 237 | 1 in 60 |
| Massachusetts | #3 | 474 | 1 in 60 |
| New Jersey | #3 | 548 | 1 in 74 |
| Wisconsin | #4 | 351 | 1 in 71 |
| Iowa | #5 | 188 | 1 in 73 |
| Michigan | #5 | 655 | 1 in 72 |
| New Hampshire | #5 | 91 | 1 in 49 |
| Ohio | #5 | 709 | 1 in 81 |
| Illinois | #6 | 631 | 1 in 106 |
| Nebraska | #6 | 125 | 1 in 66 |
| Pennsylvania | #6 | 726 | 1 in 76 |
| Washington | #6 | 317 | 1 in 93 |
| District of Columbia | #7 | 36 | 1 in 87 |
| Indiana | #7 | 356 | 1 in 91 |
| North Dakota | #7 | 44 | 1 in 55 |
| Louisiana | #8 | 199 | 1 in 99 |
| Vermont | #8 | 33 | 1 in 48 |
| Delaware | #9 | 47 | 1 in 66 |
| New York | #9 | 909 | 1 in 105 |
| South Dakota | #9 | 47 | 1 in 68 |
| Georgia | #10 | 394 | 1 in 130 |
| Kansas | #10 | 142 | 1 in 97 |
| Maine | #10 | 61 | 1 in 72 |
| Oregon | #10 | 149 | 1 in 107 |
| North Carolina | #11 | 370 | 1 in 123 |
| Missouri | #12 | 260 | 1 in 112 |
| Tennessee | #12 | 262 | 1 in 119 |
| Wyoming | #12 | 20 | 1 in 66 |
| Colorado | #13 | 211 | 1 in 117 |
| Maryland | #13 | 213 | 1 in 116 |
| Utah | #13 | 156 | 1 in 118 |
| Idaho | #14 | 61 | 1 in 112 |
| Virginia | #15 | 290 | 1 in 128 |
| Alaska | #16 | 26 | 1 in 88 |
| Hawaii | #16 | 30 | 1 in 110 |
| Montana | #16 | 29 | 1 in 97 |
| Nevada | #17 | 88 | 1 in 132 |
| California | #18 | 1,233 | 1 in 187 |
| Florida | #19 | 580 | 1 in 148 |
| Kentucky | #19 | 150 | 1 in 131 |
| West Virginia | #19 | 59 | 1 in 116 |
| Texas | #20 | 832 | 1 in 193 |
| Alabama | #21 | 143 | 1 in 138 |
| Arizona | #22 | 194 | 1 in 183 |
| Arkansas | #22 | 82 | 1 in 150 |
| Oklahoma | #23 | 101 | 1 in 165 |
| Mississippi | #29 | 64 | 1 in 181 |
| South Carolina | #33 | 98 | 1 in 178 |
| New Mexico | #45 | 37 | 1 in 225 |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Ava
- 2 spots since 2024 (#9 → #11)
- 8 spots since 2020 (#3 → #11)
- 7 spots since 2015 (#4 → #11)
- Biggest jump: 268 spots in 1998 (#618 → #350)
- Biggest drop: 218 spots in 1973 (#848 → #1,066)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2016 at #3 (16,354 births)
- Births halved by 2025, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: 20 yrs · run 2005–2024
- Top 100: 24 yrs · run 2002–2025
- Top 1,000: 136 yrs · run 1880–1972
- Highest: 1 in 106 girls born in 2007 were named Ava (0.94%)
- Latest: 1 in 208 girls born in 2025 (0.48%)
- Its best rank, #3 in 2016, was only 1 in 108 (0.92%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 45.3% of all girls named Ava (155,879) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 279 | #331 (1883) | #394 |
| 1890s | 479 | #360 (1892) | #403 |
| 1900s | 533 | #417 (1900) | #464 |
| 1910s | 1,401 | #434 (1914) | #479 |
| 1920s | 1,590 | #515 (1920) | #565 |
| 1930s | 1,180 | #541 (1932) | #619 |
| 1940s | 1,346 | #534 (1949) | #702 |
| 1950s | 4,237 | #376 (1954) | #436 |
| 1960s | 2,342 | #532 (1960) | #660 |
| 1970s | 1,319 | #789 (1970) | #993 |
| 1980s | 1,416 | #931 (1987) | #1,065 |
| 1990s | 4,207 | #259 (1999) | #682 |
| 2000s | 104,539 | #4 (2007) | #49 |
| 2010s | 155,879 | #3 (2016) | #4 |
| 2020s | 63,350 | #3 (2020) | #7 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ava in 2005
Top girls' names in 2005
Top boys' names in 2005
More about 2005
girls
1,847,842 girls got a published name in 2005; 1 in 136 of them was named Ava, which outranked 100.0% of the 19,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,997,305 boys got a published name in 2005; 1 in 68,873 of them was named Ava, which outranked 74.7% of the 13,370 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,319Yousif30
- #3,319Yuri30
- #3,319Zakk30
- #3,389Ava29
- #3,389Abdelrahman29
- #3,389Adain29
- #3,389Amador29
- #3,447Aaren28
- #3,447Adal28
- #3,447Aeneas28
Tied with 57 names at #3,389; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.