Aiva — #9940 US girls' name
755 babies named Aiva in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 44% of names given to girls today.
58% of everyone ever named Aiva was born in this single decade.
67 babies were named Aiva in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Aiva
The Social Security Administration has registered 755 babies named Aiva between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aiva currently holds the #9940 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 67 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Aiva performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 436 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Aiva shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 50 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Aiva in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Aiva in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 755 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Aiva at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Aiva popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2002
- Peak year (2014)
- 67
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
Currently ranks #9940 among girls.
755 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 67 births in a single year.
Aiva by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 436 births that decade — 58% of Aiva's all-time total
Aiva decade highlights
- Peak decade 436 births
- Runner-up 227 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Aiva's strongest decade
436 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
Aiva by state
Where Aiva concentrates geographically — total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 50 | 6.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 26 | 3.4% |
| #3 | New York | | 11 | 1.5% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 7 | 0.9% |
| #5 | Florida | | 6 | 0.8% |
50 of 755 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 6.6% of nationwide
- Texas 3.4% of nationwide
- New York 1.5% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 0.9% of nationwide
- Florida 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2002–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.