Ava
Ava was given to 7,732 girls in 2025, #11 among girls’ names; 344,441 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 335,000 Americans named Ava and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (97% of everyone recorded); the median is 13 years old and half are between 8 and 19.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Ava by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Ava mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Ava is “a female given name from Hebrew, a variant of Eva.”
Also “a female given name from Irish, an anglicization of Aoife.”
/ˈeɪvə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Ava?
#11 among girls’ names, 2025
Ava fell from #4 in 2015 to #11 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 9.2 to 4.8 per 1,000.
18,065 babies in 2007, the peak
Ava peaked in 2007, when 18,065 babies were given it (18,053 girls, #4 among girls’ names). The 7,739 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 43% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7,732 | #11 | 4.8 |
| 2024 | 8,700 | #9 | 5.4 |
| 2023 | 9,737 | #8 | 6.1 |
| 2022 | 11,107 | #7 | 6.8 |
| 2021 | 12,873 | #5 | 7.8 |
| 2020 | 13,201 | #3 | 8.2 |
| 2019 | 14,549 | #3 | 8.7 |
| 2018 | 15,034 | #3 | 8.8 |
| 2017 | 16,017 | #3 | 9.3 |
| 2016 | 16,354 | #3 | 9.2 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 16,416 | #4 | 9.2 |
| 2014 | 15,727 | #5 | 8.8 |
| 2013 | 15,271 | #5 | 8.7 |
| 2012 | 15,549 | #5 | 8.8 |
| 2011 | 15,518 | #5 | 8.8 |
| 2010 | 15,444 | #5 | 8.7 |
| 2009 | 15,877 | #5 | 8.6 |
| 2008 | 17,051 | #5 | 9.0 |
| 2007 | 18,053 | #4 | 9.4 |
| 2006 | 16,941 | #5 | 8.9 |
| 2005 | 13,606 | #9 | 7.4 |
| 2004 | 8,645 | #25 | 4.7 |
| 2003 | 6,280 | #39 | 3.4 |
| 2002 | 3,751 | #82 | 2.1 |
| 2001 | 2,539 | #132 | 1.4 |
| 2000 | 1,796 | #180 | 1.0 |
| 1999 | 1,215 | #259 | 0.68 |
| 1998 | 831 | #350 | 0.47 |
| 1997 | 362 | #618 | 0.21 |
| 1996 | 285 | #740 | 0.16 |
| 1995 | 279 | #733 | 0.16 |
| 1994 | 276 | #751 | 0.15 |
| 1993 | 286 | #733 | 0.16 |
| 1992 | 239 | #833 | 0.13 |
| 1991 | 236 | #845 | 0.13 |
| 1990 | 198 | #948 | 0.10 |
| 1989 | 175 | #983 | 0.09 |
| 1988 | 167 | #986 | 0.09 |
| 1987 | 176 | #932 | 0.10 |
| 1986 | 166 | #951 | 0.10 |
| 1985 | 134 | #1,083 | 0.08 |
| 1984 | 146 | #988 | 0.09 |
| 1983 | 107 | #1,200 | 0.06 |
| 1982 | 109 | #1,222 | 0.06 |
| 1981 | 123 | #1,123 | 0.07 |
| 1980 | 113 | #1,183 | 0.07 |
| 1979 | 132 | #1,051 | 0.08 |
| 1978 | 132 | #1,031 | 0.09 |
| 1977 | 103 | #1,191 | 0.07 |
| 1976 | 96 | #1,182 | 0.07 |
| 1975 | 127 | #973 | 0.09 |
| 1974 | 130 | #950 | 0.09 |
| 1973 | 108 | #1,066 | 0.07 |
| 1972 | 153 | #849 | 0.10 |
| 1971 | 161 | #849 | 0.10 |
| 1970 | 177 | #789 | 0.10 |
| 1969 | 170 | #788 | 0.10 |
| 1968 | 177 | #744 | 0.11 |
| 1967 | 176 | #736 | 0.11 |
| 1966 | 199 | #695 | 0.12 |
| 1965 | 227 | #649 | 0.13 |
| 1964 | 268 | #610 | 0.14 |
| 1963 | 273 | #604 | 0.14 |
| 1962 | 263 | #618 | 0.13 |
| 1961 | 262 | #631 | 0.13 |
| 1960 | 327 | #532 | 0.16 |
| 1959 | 337 | #528 | 0.17 |
| 1958 | 378 | #492 | 0.19 |
| 1957 | 432 | #455 | 0.21 |
| 1956 | 509 | #400 | 0.25 |
| 1955 | 508 | #387 | 0.26 |
| 1954 | 540 | #375 | 0.28 |
| 1953 | 462 | #393 | 0.25 |
| 1952 | 388 | #434 | 0.21 |
| 1951 | 384 | #425 | 0.21 |
| 1950 | 299 | #468 | 0.17 |
| 1949 | 240 | #533 | 0.14 |
| 1948 | 197 | #592 | 0.12 |
| 1947 | 199 | #604 | 0.11 |
| 1946 | 131 | #704 | 0.08 |
| 1945 | 80 | #842 | 0.06 |
| 1944 | 91 | #801 | 0.07 |
| 1943 | 109 | #742 | 0.08 |
| 1942 | 132 | #649 | 0.10 |
| 1941 | 89 | #757 | 0.07 |
| 1940 | 78 | #802 | 0.07 |
| 1939 | 90 | #717 | 0.08 |
| 1938 | 83 | #764 | 0.08 |
| 1937 | 114 | #634 | 0.11 |
| 1936 | 113 | #620 | 0.11 |
| 1935 | 109 | #621 | 0.10 |
| 1934 | 129 | #564 | 0.12 |
| 1933 | 119 | #592 | 0.12 |
| 1932 | 145 | #541 | 0.14 |
| 1931 | 136 | #561 | 0.13 |
| 1930 | 142 | #571 | 0.13 |
| 1929 | 135 | #588 | 0.12 |
| 1928 | 135 | #605 | 0.12 |
| 1927 | 141 | #599 | 0.12 |
| 1926 | 164 | #547 | 0.14 |
| 1925 | 164 | #560 | 0.13 |
| 1924 | 157 | #587 | 0.13 |
| 1923 | 173 | #546 | 0.14 |
| 1922 | 160 | #567 | 0.13 |
| 1921 | 177 | #537 | 0.14 |
| 1920 | 184 | #515 | 0.15 |
| 1919 | 159 | #547 | 0.14 |
| 1918 | 174 | #529 | 0.15 |
| 1917 | 180 | #492 | 0.17 |
| 1916 | 186 | #467 | 0.18 |
| 1915 | 171 | #471 | 0.17 |
| 1914 | 156 | #434 | 0.20 |
| 1913 | 112 | #478 | 0.18 |
| 1912 | 98 | #483 | 0.18 |
| 1911 | 86 | #438 | 0.21 |
| 1910 | 79 | #451 | 0.20 |
| 1909 | 49 | #543 | 0.14 |
| 1908 | 58 | #474 | 0.17 |
| 1907 | 55 | #481 | 0.17 |
| 1906 | 62 | #437 | 0.21 |
| 1905 | 53 | #464 | 0.18 |
| 1904 | 50 | #463 | 0.18 |
| 1903 | 55 | #429 | 0.21 |
| 1902 | 40 | #502 | 0.15 |
| 1901 | 46 | #435 | 0.19 |
| 1900 | 65 | #418 | 0.22 |
| 1899 | 44 | #438 | 0.19 |
| 1898 | 53 | #423 | 0.20 |
| 1897 | 42 | #453 | 0.18 |
| 1896 | 38 | #467 | 0.16 |
| 1895 | 54 | #379 | 0.23 |
| 1894 | 58 | #367 | 0.26 |
| 1893 | 46 | #394 | 0.22 |
| 1892 | 54 | #360 | 0.25 |
| 1891 | 41 | #388 | 0.22 |
| 1890 | 49 | #362 | 0.26 |
| 1889 | 44 | #362 | 0.25 |
| 1888 | 41 | #375 | 0.23 |
| 1887 | 36 | #360 | 0.25 |
| 1886 | 27 | #418 | 0.19 |
| 1885 | 18 | #503 | 0.14 |
| 1884 | 32 | #350 | 0.25 |
| 1883 | 29 | #331 | 0.26 |
| 1882 | 21 | #390 | 0.19 |
| 1881 | 18 | #394 | 0.20 |
| 1880 | 13 | #468 | 0.14 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Ava a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Ava has been given almost only to girls: 344 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Ava: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Ava, and how old are they?
335,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 97% of the 344,441 Americans ever recorded as Ava. The median Ava alive today is 13 years old; half are between 8 and 19.
The 2020 Census counted 257,513 people named Ava (257,143 women and girls, 370 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 276,347 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 548 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 5,010 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,200 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 3,020 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 152,000 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 172,000 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Ava born?
The states with the most babies named Ava are California, Texas and Florida, with 24% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 742 | #26 | 0.7× |
| Texas | 675 | #23 | 0.8× |
| Florida | 476 | #15 | 0.9× |
| New York | 458 | #12 | 1.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 314 | #9 | 1.1× |
| North Carolina | 313 | #11 | 1.1× |
| Georgia | 301 | #7 | 1.0× |
| New Jersey | 286 | #10 | 1.1× |
| Ohio | 281 | #13 | 1.1× |
| Virginia | 244 | #10 | 1.0× |
Where Ava is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Ava is most over-represented in Pennsylvania: since 1910 it was given 1.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Ava with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 366,588 babies since 1880, Ava is the most given (94% of them). In 2025 it was given to 7,739 of their 8,498 babies (91%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Ava
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Ava and names like it
- Compare Ava and AvahBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sAva peaked in 2007.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Ava since 1910.
- The top names of 2007The year the most babies were named Ava.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Ava alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with AMost given first.