# Ayva (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ayva/  
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 | 3,823 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 3,823 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 727, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Fanciful 21st-century 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 | 174 | 1,335 |
| 2012 | 203 | 1,206 |
| 2013 | 197 | 1,222 |
| 2014 | 280 | 957 |
| 2015 | 259 | 1,032 |
| 2016 | 223 | 1,137 |
| 2017 | 228 | 1,104 |
| 2018 | 251 | 1,030 |
| 2019 | 250 | 1,028 |
| 2020 | 228 | 1,082 |
| 2021 | 189 | 1,243 |
| 2022 | 134 | 1,584 |
| 2023 | 91 | 2,110 |
| 2024 | 87 | 2,181 |
| 2025 | 72 | 2,461 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 39 | 915 |
| 2012 | 48 | 801 |
| 2013 | 41 | 900 |
| 2014 | 58 | 681 |
| 2015 | 56 | 708 |
| 2016 | 47 | 813 |
| 2017 | 56 | 728 |
| 2018 | 45 | 826 |
| 2019 | 47 | 796 |
| 2020 | 39 | 916 |
| 2021 | 42 | 840 |
| 2022 | 41 | 857 |
| 2023 | 34 | 1,008 |
| 2024 | 29 | 1,160 |
| 2025 | 33 | 1,028 |

## 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.