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Ava
Pronounced /ˈeɪvə/
Rank in 2024
#9
Born in 2024
8,662
Peak year
2007 · #4
Origin
Germanic, Hebrew, Irish
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 8,662 girls were named Ava, about 1 in every 186.
- It peaked in 2007 with 18,053 babies, ranked #4.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 336,272 girls have been named Ava since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Ava per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.2Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- 0.2Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.1Millennials1981–96
- 5.3Gen Z1997–12
- 8.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 3,189 babies, 0.16 per 1,000. Silent: 2,029 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Boomers: 6,398 babies, 0.18 per 1,000. Gen X: 2,384 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Millennials: 3,104 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Gen Z: 153,450 babies, 5.28 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 164,895 babies, 8.12 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈeɪvə/ Homophone: aver (noun sense, RP) Rhymes: -eɪvə ==== Proper noun ==== Ava A female given name from Hebrew, a variant of Eva. A female given name from Irish, an anglicization of Aoife. A female given name from the Germanic languages, from a Germanic root *avi of uncertain meaning. A locale in the United States. A city in Illinois. A city, the county seat of Douglas County, Missouri. An unincorporated community in Alabama. An unincorporated community in Arkansas. An unincorporated community in Ohio.
- A female given name from Hebrew, a variant of Eva.
- A female given name from Irish, an anglicization of Aoife.
- A female given name from the Germanic languages, from a Germanic root *avi of uncertain meaning.
- Origin
- Germanic, Hebrew, Irish
- Say it
- /ˈeɪvə/
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