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.
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 1928
Top girls' names in 1928
Top boys' names in 1928
More about 1928
girls
1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 8,543 of them was named Ava, which outranked 88.9% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 221,523 of them was named Ava, which outranked 12.1% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 572 names at #4,151; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.