NameTides

Ava

Ava was the #11 girls' name in the US in 2025 (7,732 babies), and #11 in England & Wales and #19 in Canada.

Ava as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Ava as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.752518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandEngland & WalesUSCanada
Ava as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.75251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#11 (7,732)#11 (1,611)#13 (166)#20 (59)#26 (143)#19 (655)#18 (227)#10 (234)
2024#9 (8,700)#9 (1,774)#11 (188)#32 (51)#26 (152)#10 (785)#14 (240)#12 (250)
2023#8 (9,737)#6 (2,050)#10 (203)#19 (73)#15 (207)#11 (782)#6 (284)#8 (254)
2022#7 (11,107)#4 (2,293)#9 (226)#14 (84)#7 (269)#8 (940)#6 (343)#7 (293)
2021#5 (12,873)#4 (2,576)#7 (241)#17 (90)#8 (272)#6 (1,129)#5 (414)#6 (331)
2020#3 (13,201)#4 (2,679)#5 (276)#13 (97)#5 (297)#7 (1,031)#6 (391)#6 (335)
2019#3 (14,549)#4 (2,946)#6 (278)#15 (101)#7 (313)#7 (1,135)#6 (392)#6 (350)
2018#3 (15,034)#3 (3,110)#7 (292)#14 (106)#9 (308)#7 (1,118)#5 (430)#5 (332)
2017#3 (16,017)#4 (3,289)#7 (294)#13 (112)#9 (315)#6 (1,291)#3 (464)#4 (347)
2016#3 (16,354)#5 (3,285)#5 (360)#9 (136)#3 (388)#6 (1,331)#4 (482)#5 (324)
2015#4 (16,416)#5 (3,414)#6 (354)#10 (141)#3 (421)#7 (1,308)#5 (474)#4 (324)
2014#5 (15,727)#6 (3,171)#6 (379)#16 (117)#5 (404)#7 (1,301)#5 (495)#4 (345)
2013#5 (15,271)#4 (3,575)#6 (383)#12 (139)#7 (410)#7 (1,345)#8 (480)#2 (412)
2012#5 (15,549)#6 (3,779)#3 (435)#26 (89)#8 (440)#6 (1,411)#10 (465)#9 (353)
2011#5 (15,518)#9 (3,621)#3 (486)#25 (105)#8 (446)#5 (1,414)#11 (472)#12 (318)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2007 at #4.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 210 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 5. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 210common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 160very common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 110very common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 120very common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 150very common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 230common

Next year

On its recent trend, Ava is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 240 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 230 to 1 in 240.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ava by state, 2025Alaska: #27AKMaine: #39MEWisconsin: #12WIVermont: #7VTNew Hampshire: #20NHWashington: #15WAIdaho: #16IDMontana: #12MTNorth Dakota: #26NDMinnesota: #15MNIllinois: #17ILMichigan: #12MINew York: #12NYMassachusetts: #16MAOregon: #22ORNevada: #16NVWyoming: #31WYSouth Dakota: #25SDIowa: #13IAIndiana: #19INOhio: #13OHPennsylvania: #9PANew Jersey: #10NJConnecticut: #14CTRhode Island: #5RICalifornia: #26CAUtah: #23UTColorado: #22CONebraska: #17NEMissouri: #14MOKentucky: #13KYWest Virginia: #10WVVirginia: #10VAMaryland: #13MDDelaware: #9DEArizona: #23AZNew Mexico: #23NMKansas: #30KSArkansas: #13ARTennessee: #19TNNorth Carolina: #11NCSouth Carolina: #7SCDistrict of Columbia: #7DCOklahoma: #22OKLouisiana: #13LAMississippi: #2MSAlabama: #8ALGeorgia: #7GAHawaii: #7HITexas: #23TXFlorida: #15FL
Ava (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#6395
Quebec2025#19729

Ava (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AvaCanadaGirls#19655
AvaEngland & WalesGirls#111,611
Ava-England & WalesGirls—too few
AvaIrelandGirls#26143
AvaNorthern IrelandGirls#2059
AvaNSWGirls#18227
AvaScotlandGirls#13166
AvaUSGirls#117,732
AvaUSBoys#9,7147
AvaVICGirls#10234