Avana

Avana was the #3,100 girls' name in the US in 2025 (52 babies), and #3,705 in England & Wales.

Avana as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Avana as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Avana as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#3,100 (52)#3,705 (6)——
2024#3,459 (45)#3,319 (7)—#3,383 (5)
2023#3,709 (41)#4,710 (4)#749 (3)—
2022#2,756 (62)#2,325 (11)—#2,133 (9)
2021#3,935 (37)#2,201 (12)—#3,280 (5)
2020#4,757 (27)#3,899 (5)——
2019#6,176 (19)#4,686 (4)——
2018#5,454 (23)#3,985 (5)—#2,892 (6)
2017#4,922 (27)#4,763 (4)——
2016#7,988 (14)#3,214 (7)——
2015#5,833 (22)#5,730 (3)——
2014#7,302 (16)#4,003 (5)——
2013#13,150 (7)———
2012#7,804 (15)———
2011#7,118 (17)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #2,756.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1990.

How common is it?

about 1 in 31,000 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 31,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 42,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Avana is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 31,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 20,000 to 1 in 47,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Avana 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: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #2,075NYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #3,095CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: 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: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: #2,151FL
Avana (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AvanaCanadaGirls—too few
AvanaEngland & WalesGirls#3,7056
AvanaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AvanaScotlandGirls—too few
AvanaUSGirls#3,10052