Girls' name · since 2006
Aava
180 babies named Aava in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,870 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,151 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 180
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
Aava currently ranks #16151 among girls' names in America, with 180 babies recorded since 2006.
Aava has 180 recorded births among girls since 2006, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #16151 as of the latest data, more common than 7% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2025.
- #20,870 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,151 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 180 born since 2006
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aava ranks #20,870 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,151 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 180 born since 2006, peaking in the 2010s.
- #20,870 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,151 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 180
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
Aava's 180 recorded births place it above 71.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Aava compares
180 35th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Aava's all-time total is 52% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aava | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 180 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Aava's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Aava's SSA record in two at 2016 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2012, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2020 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Aava popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Aava by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (87 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Aava's strongest decade.
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Aava births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 34
2000s
34 births
- 2010s
2010s
87 births
- 2020s
2020s
59 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 87 births (48% of all-time use).
Aava by state
Where Aava concentrates geographically, total births since 2006
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 2.8% |
5 of 180 births nationwide.
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- Aava's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (87 total births) through the 2020s (59) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Aavas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Aava: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~19 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2006–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Aava draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.