Girl name#51 of girl names
Ava
Pronounced EY1 V AH0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2007
- 145 years in use
- Biblical
- Palindrome
- 1 spelling
How popular is Ava?
Ava is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 619,339 children — the 51st most common girls' name on record.
Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2007, when 20,961 children were given it.
Eva is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Ava and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Eva
Characteristics
- Biblical (Place)
- Palindrome
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- EY1 V AH0 · IY1 V AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 10 · 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Ava
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Ava
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Ava?
- Ava ranks 51st among girls' names in US records, with 619,339 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 165,072.
- Is Ava a unisex name?
- No. Ava is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Ava most popular?
- 2007, when 20,961 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Ava spelled?
- Eva. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.