Ava
Rank in 2025
#11
recorded as girls
#9714
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
7,739
girls 7,732 · boys 7
Peak year
2007
18,053 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
344,441
since 1880
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Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Ava was most popular in 2007, when 18,053 babies recorded as girls got the name (9.4 per 1,000). In 2025, 7,732 babies were named Ava, ranking #11 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 37%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7,732 | 11 | 7 | 9714 |
| 2024 | 8,700 | 9 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 9,737 | 8 | 6 | 10821 |
| 2022 | 11,107 | 7 | 9 | 8300 |
| 2021 | 12,873 | 5 | 8 | 8825 |
| 2020 | 13,201 | 3 | 11 | 7034 |
| 2019 | 14,549 | 3 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 15,034 | 3 | 10 | 7617 |
| 2017 | 16,017 | 3 | 13 | 6338 |
| 2016 | 16,354 | 3 | 11 | 7157 |
| 2015 | 16,416 | 4 | 19 | 4890 |
| 2014 | 15,727 | 5 | 15 | 5733 |
| 2013 | 15,271 | 5 | 17 | 5171 |
| 2012 | 15,549 | 5 | 20 | 4686 |
| 2011 | 15,518 | 5 | 17 | 5200 |
| 2010 | 15,444 | 5 | 17 | 5251 |
| 2009 | 15,877 | 5 | 23 | 4278 |
| 2008 | 17,051 | 5 | 16 | 5487 |
| 2007 | 18,053 | 4 | 12 | 6622 |
| 2006 | 16,941 | 5 | 24 | 4001 |
| 2005 | 13,606 | 9 | 29 | 3389 |
| 2004 | 8,645 | 25 | 35 | 2887 |
| 2003 | 6,280 | 39 | 9 | 7245 |
| 2002 | 3,751 | 82 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 2,539 | 132 | 5 | 10556 |
| 2000 | 1,796 | 180 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 1,215 | 259 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 831 | 350 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 362 | 618 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 285 | 740 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 279 | 734 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 276 | 751 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 286 | 734 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 239 | 835 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 236 | 847 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 198 | 950 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 175 | 986 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 167 | 986 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 176 | 931 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 166 | 950 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 134 | 1081 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 146 | 988 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 107 | 1200 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 109 | 1221 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 123 | 1122 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 113 | 1183 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 132 | 1051 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 132 | 1031 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 103 | 1191 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 96 | 1182 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 127 | 973 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 130 | 950 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 108 | 1066 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 153 | 848 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 161 | 848 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 177 | 789 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 170 | 786 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 177 | 743 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 176 | 736 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 199 | 695 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 227 | 649 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 268 | 610 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 273 | 604 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 263 | 618 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 262 | 631 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 327 | 532 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 337 | 528 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 378 | 492 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 432 | 455 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 509 | 401 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 508 | 388 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 540 | 376 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 462 | 394 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 388 | 435 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 384 | 426 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 299 | 469 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 240 | 534 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 197 | 593 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 199 | 603 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 131 | 703 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 80 | 842 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 91 | 801 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 109 | 742 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 132 | 648 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 89 | 756 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 78 | 802 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 90 | 717 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 83 | 764 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 114 | 634 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 113 | 620 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 109 | 621 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 129 | 564 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 119 | 592 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 145 | 541 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 136 | 561 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 142 | 571 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 135 | 588 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 135 | 604 | 5 | 4151 |
| 1927 | 141 | 598 | 6 | 3780 |
| 1926 | 164 | 547 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 164 | 560 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 157 | 587 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 173 | 546 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 160 | 567 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 177 | 537 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 184 | 515 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 159 | 546 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 174 | 529 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 180 | 492 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 186 | 466 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 171 | 471 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 156 | 434 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 112 | 477 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 98 | 483 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 86 | 438 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 79 | 449 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 49 | 541 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 58 | 474 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 55 | 481 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 62 | 437 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 53 | 464 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 50 | 463 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 55 | 428 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 40 | 502 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 46 | 435 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 65 | 417 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 44 | 438 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 53 | 422 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 42 | 453 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 38 | 467 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 54 | 379 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 58 | 367 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 46 | 394 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 54 | 360 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 41 | 387 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 49 | 361 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 44 | 362 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 41 | 374 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 36 | 360 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 27 | 416 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 18 | 500 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 32 | 349 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 29 | 331 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 21 | 389 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 18 | 393 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 13 | 466 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years