Ava is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #35 for girl births in the United States, given to 7,739 babies. Ava first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 2007 (18,065 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7,739 | #35 |
| 2024 | 8,700 | #22 |
| 2023 | 9,743 | #19 |
| 2022 | 11,116 | #14 |
| 2021 | 12,881 | #8 |
| 2020 | 13,212 | #7 |
| 2019 | 14,549 | #5 |
| 2018 | 15,044 | #5 |
| 2017 | 16,030 | #5 |
| 2016 | 16,365 | #5 |
| 2015 | 16,435 | #7 |
| 2014 | 15,742 | #11 |
| 2013 | 15,288 | #13 |
| 2012 | 15,569 | #13 |
| 2011 | 15,535 | #14 |
| 2010 | 15,461 | #16 |
| 2009 | 15,900 | #18 |
| 2008 | 17,067 | #17 |
| 2007 | 18,065 | #15 |
| 2006 | 16,965 | #19 |
| 2005 | 13,635 | #35 |
| 2004 | 8,680 | #77 |
| 2003 | 6,289 | #107 |
| 2002 | 3,751 | #187 |
| 2001 | 2,544 | #291 |
| 2000 | 1,796 | #378 |
| 1999 | 1,215 | #514 |
| 1998 | 831 | #675 |
| 1997 | 362 | #1,151 |
| 1996 | 285 | #1,339 |
| 1995 | 279 | #1,330 |
| 1994 | 276 | #1,357 |
| 1993 | 286 | #1,325 |
| 1992 | 239 | #1,473 |
| 1991 | 236 | #1,482 |
| 1990 | 198 | #1,639 |
| 1989 | 175 | #1,696 |
| 1988 | 167 | #1,662 |
| 1987 | 176 | #1,571 |
| 1986 | 166 | #1,609 |
| 1985 | 134 | #1,794 |
| 1984 | 146 | #1,661 |
| 1983 | 107 | #1,979 |
| 1982 | 109 | #2,013 |
| 1981 | 123 | #1,855 |
| 1980 | 113 | #1,962 |
| 1979 | 132 | #1,761 |
| 1978 | 132 | #1,730 |
| 1977 | 103 | #1,978 |
| 1976 | 96 | #1,962 |
| 1975 | 127 | #1,674 |
| 1974 | 130 | #1,632 |
| 1973 | 108 | #1,787 |
| 1972 | 153 | #1,467 |
| 1971 | 161 | #1,481 |
| 1970 | 177 | #1,387 |
| 1969 | 170 | #1,361 |
| 1968 | 177 | #1,284 |
| 1967 | 176 | #1,277 |
| 1966 | 199 | #1,212 |
| 1965 | 227 | #1,132 |
| 1964 | 268 | #1,069 |
| 1963 | 273 | #1,066 |
| 1962 | 263 | #1,084 |
| 1961 | 262 | #1,093 |
| 1960 | 327 | #962 |
| 1959 | 337 | #949 |
| 1958 | 378 | #876 |
| 1957 | 432 | #812 |
| 1956 | 509 | #724 |
| 1955 | 508 | #711 |
| 1954 | 540 | #677 |
| 1953 | 462 | #719 |
| 1952 | 388 | #780 |
| 1951 | 384 | #778 |
| 1950 | 299 | #852 |
| 1949 | 240 | #949 |
| 1948 | 197 | #1,048 |
| 1947 | 199 | #1,059 |
| 1946 | 131 | #1,223 |
| 1945 | 80 | #1,478 |
| 1944 | 91 | #1,401 |
| 1943 | 109 | #1,302 |
| 1942 | 132 | #1,149 |
| 1941 | 89 | #1,363 |
| 1940 | 78 | #1,447 |
| 1939 | 90 | #1,291 |
| 1938 | 83 | #1,378 |
| 1937 | 114 | #1,140 |
| 1936 | 113 | #1,124 |
| 1935 | 109 | #1,147 |
| 1934 | 129 | #1,050 |
| 1933 | 119 | #1,082 |
| 1932 | 145 | #992 |
| 1931 | 136 | #1,035 |
| 1930 | 142 | #1,052 |
| 1929 | 135 | #1,079 |
| 1928 | 140 | #1,085 |
| 1927 | 147 | #1,070 |
| 1926 | 164 | #999 |
| 1925 | 164 | #1,020 |
| 1924 | 157 | #1,075 |
| 1923 | 173 | #996 |
| 1922 | 160 | #1,041 |
| 1921 | 177 | #992 |
| 1920 | 184 | #961 |
| 1919 | 159 | #1,001 |
| 1918 | 174 | #974 |
| 1917 | 180 | #907 |
| 1916 | 186 | #871 |
| 1915 | 171 | #885 |
| 1914 | 156 | #814 |
| 1913 | 112 | #881 |
| 1912 | 98 | #866 |
| 1911 | 86 | #722 |
| 1910 | 79 | #724 |
| 1909 | 49 | #871 |
| 1908 | 58 | #758 |
| 1907 | 55 | #761 |
| 1906 | 62 | #679 |
| 1905 | 53 | #733 |
| 1904 | 50 | #734 |
| 1903 | 55 | #673 |
| 1902 | 40 | #802 |
| 1901 | 46 | #685 |
| 1900 | 65 | #667 |
| 1899 | 44 | #684 |
| 1898 | 53 | #657 |
| 1897 | 42 | #723 |
| 1896 | 38 | #763 |
| 1895 | 54 | #620 |
| 1894 | 58 | #588 |
| 1893 | 46 | #649 |
| 1892 | 54 | #600 |
| 1891 | 41 | #636 |
| 1890 | 49 | #595 |
| 1889 | 44 | #607 |
| 1888 | 41 | #648 |
| 1887 | 36 | #627 |
| 1886 | 27 | #736 |
| 1885 | 18 | #912 |
| 1884 | 32 | #652 |
| 1883 | 29 | #637 |
| 1882 | 21 | #781 |
| 1881 | 18 | #786 |
| 1880 | 13 | #962 |