Ava
Ava is ranked 9th among girls in 2024 (8,662 births). Its best rank was 3rd, in 2016–2020.
- Rank in 2024
- #9down 1 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 8,6620.54% of girls
- Peak year
- 200718,053 births
- Best rank
- #3first in 2016
- Since 1880
- 336,272people given the name
The story in the numbers
336,272 girls have been named Ava in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2007, with 18,053 births — 0.94% of all girls recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 5 → 9).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2012, and the 2010s alone account for 46%. It has spent 135 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 23 of them in the top 100 and 20 in the top 10.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Ava | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 279 | |
| 1890s | 479 | |
| 1900s | 533 | |
| 1910s | 1,401 | |
| 1920s | 1,590 | |
| 1930s | 1,180 | |
| 1940s | 1,346 | |
| 1950s | 4,237 | |
| 1960s | 2,344 | |
| 1970s | 1,321 | |
| 1980s | 1,418 | |
| 1990s | 4,207 | |
| 2000s | 104,538 | |
| 2010s | 155,844 | |
| 2020s | 55,555 |
In 2007, its biggest year
Ava was the 4th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2007 were Emily, Isabella, Emma, Ava and Madison. See all of 2007.
Names that rose and fell with Ava
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Sariyapeak 2009
- Emersenpeak 2008
- Ellahpeak 2010
- Neveahpeak 2007
- Kamiyapeak 2008
- Irelynpeak 2008
- Jazellepeak 2007
- Beautifulpeak 2008
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.