How Many People Are Named Ava?
people named Ava are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,020 people in the US has this name
Based on 344,441 babies named Ava in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
18,065 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Ava (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ava alive today is about 13 years old, and 97% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 18 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ava first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2007, to 18,065 babies. In 2025, 7,739 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ava reached #3 among girls' names in 2016 to 2020, and was in the top 10 for 20 years, 2005 to 2024. In 2025 it ranked #11.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #11 |
| Best rank | #3 (2016 to 2020) |
| Years in the top 10 | 20 |
| Years in the top 100 | 24 (2002 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #5 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ava alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ava were born in California than in any other state: about 31,140 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ava was given 2 times as often in Vermont, 1.9 times in Rhode Island and 1.8 times in Delaware.
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