Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls
Origin: ItalianAva is an English feminine given name.
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Ava yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Short. Strong. Every letter does something. No unnecessary syllables. I'm a software engineer. I apply the same principles to naming as to code, apparently.
— Lisa, San Francisco CA, 2020
Ava Gardner was the most beautiful name I'd ever heard, said my mother-in-law, who is eighty-one and does not apologize for having opinions. She was right. We named our daughter Ava and my mother-in-law takes all the credit.
— Jenny, Scottsdale AZ, 2018
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Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 137 | #82 |
| 2004 | 196 | #49 |
| 2005 | 363 | #23 |
| 2006 | 337 | #17 |
| 2007 | 421 | #12 |
| 2008 | 468 | #9 |
| 2009 | 447 | #12 |
| 2010 | 426 | #14 |
| 2011 | 472 | #11 |
| 2012 | 465 | #10 |
| 2013 | 480 | #8 |
| 2014 | 598 | #5 |
| 2015 | 2,188 | #8 |
| 2016 | 2,008 | #8 |
| 2017 | 908 | #3 |
| 2018 | 835 | #5 |
| 2019 | 1,490 | #4 |
| 2020 | 1,069 | #6 |
| 2021 | 790 | #5 |
| 2022 | 662 | #6 |
| 2023 | 811 | #6 |
| 2024 | 647 | #14 |
| 2025 | 574 | #17 |
