Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls
Also spelled: Ava- (24)
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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→ See names similar to Ava · Compare Ava with another name → · Popular names of the 2010s · Girls names starting with A
Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 30 | #757 |
| 1997 | 55 | #500 |
| 1998 | 51 | #532 |
| 1999 | 70 | #432 |
| 2000 | 129 | #291 |
| 2001 | 194 | #205 |
| 2002 | 214 | #204 |
| 2003 | 295 | #164 |
| 2004 | 346 | #153 |
| 2005 | 657 | #82 |
| 2006 | 966 | #60 |
| 2007 | 1,377 | #38 |
| 2008 | 2,314 | #21 |
| 2009 | 2,827 | #12 |
| 2010 | 3,438 | #11 |
| 2011 | 3,621 | #9 |
| 2012 | 3,779 | #6 |
| 2013 | 3,575 | #4 |
| 2014 | 3,171 | #6 |
| 2015 | 3,414 | #5 |
| 2016 | 3,285 | #5 |
| 2017 | 3,289 | #4 |
| 2018 | 3,110 | #3 |
| 2019 | 2,946 | #4 |
| 2020 | 2,679 | #4 |
| 2021 | 2,576 | #4 |
| 2022 | 2,293 | #4 |
| 2023 | 2,050 | #6 |
| 2024 | 1,774 | #9 |
