# Ava (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ava/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈeɪvə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Awa, Inwa, Innwa |
| US babies named this | 344,441 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 344 / 344,097 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 56,136, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15,518 | 5 |
| 2012 | 15,549 | 5 |
| 2013 | 15,271 | 5 |
| 2014 | 15,727 | 5 |
| 2015 | 16,416 | 4 |
| 2016 | 16,354 | 3 |
| 2017 | 16,017 | 3 |
| 2018 | 15,034 | 3 |
| 2019 | 14,549 | 3 |
| 2020 | 13,201 | 3 |
| 2021 | 12,873 | 5 |
| 2022 | 11,107 | 7 |
| 2023 | 9,737 | 8 |
| 2024 | 8,700 | 9 |
| 2025 | 7,732 | 11 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 23 | 4,291 |
| 2010 | 17 | 5,269 |
| 2011 | 17 | 5,219 |
| 2012 | 20 | 4,705 |
| 2013 | 17 | 5,182 |
| 2014 | 15 | 5,756 |
| 2015 | 19 | 4,906 |
| 2016 | 11 | 7,189 |
| 2017 | 13 | 6,358 |
| 2018 | 10 | 7,672 |
| 2020 | 11 | 7,081 |
| 2021 | 8 | 8,912 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8,387 |
| 2023 | 6 | 10,966 |
| 2025 | 7 | 9,807 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3,621 | 9 |
| 2012 | 3,779 | 6 |
| 2013 | 3,575 | 4 |
| 2014 | 3,171 | 6 |
| 2015 | 3,414 | 5 |
| 2016 | 3,285 | 5 |
| 2017 | 3,289 | 4 |
| 2018 | 3,110 | 3 |
| 2019 | 2,946 | 4 |
| 2020 | 2,679 | 4 |
| 2021 | 2,576 | 4 |
| 2022 | 2,293 | 4 |
| 2023 | 2,050 | 6 |
| 2024 | 1,774 | 9 |
| 2025 | 1,611 | 11 |

## People named Ava

- Ava Gardner, American actress (1922–1990)
- Ava Max, American singer and songwriter (born 1994)
- Ava DuVernay, American film director
- Ava Devine, American pornographic actress
- Ava Addams, American pornographic actress
- Ava, first known German poet
- Ava Michelle, American actress (born 2002)
- Ava Acres, American actress
- Ava Rose, American pornographic actress
- Ava Vincent, American pornographic actress
- Ava Kolker, American actress
- Ava Leigh, British singer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.