Ava Girl
How popular is Ava?
#11 girl name in 2025
7,732 baby girls were named Ava in the US in 2025, making it the 11th most popular girl name. Another 7 boys got the name (#9,710 for boys).
Ava popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #11 for girls (▼ 2 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 7,732 girls, 7 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-53% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4 in 2015, #3 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2007 (18,053 girls) |
| Highest rank | #3 in 2016 (5 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 5% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Ava counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Ava family of names ranked #20 for girls in 2025 (#14 the year before), with 7,887 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ava | 7,732 | 98% |
| Avah | 150 | 2% |
| Aava | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Ava is most popular
Babies named Ava per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- District of Columbia: 14.3 per 1,000 (169 girls)
- Delaware: 14.0 per 1,000 (159 girls)
- Hawaii: 14.0 per 1,000 (160 girls)
- Rhode Island: 13.5 per 1,000 (169 girls)
- Mississippi: 13.4 per 1,000 (628 girls)
Ava by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 279 | #331 |
| 1890s | 479 | #360 |
| 1900s | 533 | #417 |
| 1910s | 1,401 | #434 |
| 1920s | 1,590 | #515 |
| 1930s | 1,180 | #541 |
| 1940s | 1,346 | #533 |
| 1950s | 4,237 | #375 |
| 1960s | 2,342 | #532 |
| 1970s | 1,319 | #789 |
| 1980s | 1,416 | #931 |
| 1990s | 4,207 | #259 |
| 2000s | 104,539 | #4 |
| 2010s | 155,879 | #3 |
| 2020s | 63,350 | #3 |
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Questions
- Is Ava a boy or girl name?
- Ava is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Ava were girls.
- How popular is the name Ava?
- 7,732 baby girls were named Ava in the US in 2025, making it the 11th most popular girl name. Another 7 boys got the name (#9,710 for boys).
- When was Ava most popular?
- Ava peaked in 2007, when 18,053 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #3, held for 5 years starting in 2016.
- How many people are named Ava?
- 344,441 babies have been named Ava in the US since 1880. We estimate about 335,610 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Ava most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Ava was most common in District of Columbia, at 14.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.