first name
AVA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 257,513 people named Ava, 65.9% reported their origin as White, 14.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 8.9% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Ava peaked in 2007, when 18,065 babies got the name.
At least 344,441 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Ava by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #10. The largest share of babies named Ava, 50.2%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Ava is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ava has been most common in Nevada (2×), Delaware (1.6×), and Florida (1.5×), and least common in West Virginia (0.61×).
338,766 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ava, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Ava ranks #105,671 of 156,621, with 180 people. See Ava as a last name
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