Ava
Ava ranks #11 in the United States in 2025, drifting down from its high. An old entry (1880) having its biggest moment now, with 344,097 American bearers across the record.
Ava’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Ava, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Ava since 1880
Ava peaked in 2007 at #4; #11 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Ava is most common
Among the states, Ava takes its largest share in Vermont, 1.75% of the girls' names recorded there in 2025, with District of Columbia and Rhode Island next.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Ava
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Aria
#26 in 2025
Asher
#28 in 2025 · Hebrew
Aiden
#62 in 2025
Angel
#67 in 2025 · Greek
Adrian
#74 in 2025 · Latin
Axel
#79 in 2025 · Teutonic
Audrey
#86 in 2025 · Teutonic
Autumn
#88 in 2025
Browse: names starting with A · all names
About Ava
Where does Ava rank right now?
Ava ranks #11 in the United States in 2025, drifting down from its high. The full curve since 1880 is above, public federal data, redrawn, never estimated.
What is the recorded meaning of Ava?
The public-domain references we cite do not record a meaning for Ava, so this page does not invent one.
What names go with Ava?
The recipe puts Aria first, then Aiden, on shared origin, a peak within fifteen years, matching syllables and a shared first letter. Run the sibling matcher with your own names for a list scored against them.
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