NameTides

Avah

Avah was the #1,436 girls' name in the US in 2025 (150 babies), and #1,512 in England & Wales and #1,882 in Canada.

Avah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Avah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Avah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,436 (150)#1,512 (20)———#1,882 (12)
2024#1,196 (198)#2,116 (13)#638 (4)——#1,617 (14)
2023#1,064 (234)#1,371 (23)#365 (9)#328 (4)—#1,774 (12)
2022#940 (288)#1,282 (25)———#1,132 (22)
2021#822 (338)#1,351 (23)#442 (7)#446 (3)—#1,153 (22)
2020#657 (438)#1,100 (30)#429 (7)——#1,295 (18)
2019#659 (444)#1,497 (20)#765 (3)——#970 (27)
2018#463 (679)#1,343 (24)#583 (5)——#1,301 (18)
2017#578 (522)#1,144 (30)#570 (5)——#949 (28)
2016#706 (406)#1,525 (21)#585 (5)—#585 (6)#1,019 (26)
2015#656 (438)#1,240 (27)#566 (5)——#934 (28)
2014#706 (398)#1,367 (23)#477 (7)——#731 (38)
2013#788 (346)#1,177 (29)#344 (11)——#918 (29)
2012#814 (329)#1,075 (32)#426 (8)——#660 (44)
2011#887 (294)#1,269 (25)#465 (7)—#798 (4)#983 (26)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2018 at #463.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1923.

How common is it?

about 1 in 11,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 13,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 13,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Avah is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 13,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 12,000 to 1 in 14,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Avah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #1,061MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #743OHPennsylvania: #1,392PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,575CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #728MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,281NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #819ALGeorgia: #1,358GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,038TXFlorida: #1,170FL
Avah (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#1,5856

Avah (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
AvahCanadaGirls#1,88212
AvahEngland & WalesGirls#1,51220
AvahIrelandGirls—too few
AvahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AvahScotlandGirls—too few
AvahUSGirls#1,436150