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“Variant of Eva — From Hebrew Chavah, from a root meaning to live” — Hebrew (via Latin Eva, from חַוָּה / Chava, root ḥyw 'to live') origin
Girl's name · #11 in the US (2025) · 2010s
Its best rank, #3, came in 2016 — Ava has settled just below that height, at #11 in 2025, with roughly 344,000 girls since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Popular twin pairings with Ava include Emma, Olivia, and Ella for girls, and Aiden, Alexander, and Jackson for boys.
Around the world: #10 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #10 in Canada (2024) · #11 in England & Wales (2025) · #13 in Scotland (2025) · #18 in Australia (NSW) (2025).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states, the #1 girl's name in 1 of them. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 249 notable people named Ava:
Entertainers appear 2.77× more often than among typical names — e.g. Ava Gardner, American actress (1922–1990).
Similar names: Eva · Mia · Avery · Nova · Isabella · Ella
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