# Avah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/avah/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,046 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 7,046 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 412, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Rare fanciful spelling of Ava.

## 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 | 294 | 887 |
| 2012 | 329 | 815 |
| 2013 | 346 | 788 |
| 2014 | 398 | 707 |
| 2015 | 438 | 656 |
| 2016 | 406 | 706 |
| 2017 | 522 | 579 |
| 2018 | 679 | 463 |
| 2019 | 444 | 659 |
| 2020 | 438 | 658 |
| 2021 | 338 | 822 |
| 2022 | 288 | 941 |
| 2023 | 234 | 1,064 |
| 2024 | 198 | 1,196 |
| 2025 | 150 | 1,436 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 25 | 1,269 |
| 2012 | 32 | 1,075 |
| 2013 | 29 | 1,177 |
| 2014 | 23 | 1,367 |
| 2015 | 27 | 1,240 |
| 2016 | 21 | 1,525 |
| 2017 | 30 | 1,144 |
| 2018 | 24 | 1,343 |
| 2019 | 20 | 1,497 |
| 2020 | 30 | 1,100 |
| 2021 | 23 | 1,351 |
| 2022 | 25 | 1,282 |
| 2023 | 23 | 1,371 |
| 2024 | 13 | 2,115 |
| 2025 | 20 | 1,512 |

## 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.