Ava

What Ava means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Ava yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Down from #4 in 2015 to #11 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 210 US girls in the 2025 records Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Ava?

US: Falling: down from #4 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #5 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2007, when 18,053 girls got the name (#4 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 208 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 157 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 108 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in VT (17.45 per 1,000 girls), DC (14.36 per 1,000 girls), RI (13.87 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Ava is #11 in the US and #11 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9% of US babies named Ava were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Ivy5,117 US · 1,698 E&W
• Eva2,154 US · 758 E&W
• Eve577 US · 159 E&W
• Avah150 US · 20 E&W
• Iva117 US · 9 E&W
• Ayva72 US · 33 E&W
• Ayvah45 US · 6 E&W
• Evy39 US · 5 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Awa
• Inwa
• Innwa

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Ava

Girls

• Mia#6Editor’s note Steady in the US: #6 in 2015 and #6 in 2025. About 1 in 150 US girls in the 2025 records
• Alayna#332Editor’s note Down from #223 in 2015 to #332 in 2025 in the US
• Brynn#407Editor’s note Down from #259 in 2015 to #407 in 2025 in the US
• Teagan#340Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1979, with 6 babies
• Alaina#224Form of Elon, meaning “oak tree”^*
• Sarai#424“master, chief”^*

For a brother

• Aiden#62Variant of Aidan, meaning “fire”^*
• Emmanuel#179Editor’s note Down from #151 in 2015 to #179 in 2025 in the US
• Owen#31Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #31 vs #170 in 2025
• Nehemiah#429“consolation of Yahweh”^*
• Malachi#134“my messenger”^*
• Johan#572Variant of Joan, meaning “God is gracious”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Germanic, Hebrew, Irish & Celtic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Ava’s. Rank is US 2025.