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Girl's name · #11 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave
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.
Actress Heather Locklear and Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora chose the name for their daughter, Ava Elizabeth Sambora, born in October 1997. US births of Ava rose from 362 in 1997 to 831 in 1998. Actors Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe chose it for their daughter, Ava Elizabeth Phillippe, born in 1999.
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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.
Ava is especially popular in Australia (VIC) and Canada.
#10 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #11 in England & Wales (2025) · #13 in Scotland (2025) · #18 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #20 in New Zealand (2025) · #20 in N. Ireland (2025) · #27 in Ireland (2025) · #37 in Finland (Swedish-sp.) (2025) · #40 in France (2025) · #40 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #52 in Switzerland (2025) · #52 in Slovenia (2025) and 7 more.
Among 249 notable people named Ava:
Entertainers appear 2.77× more often than among typical names — e.g. Ava Gardner, American actress (1922–1990).
Popular twin pairings with Ava include Emma, Olivia, and Ella for girls, and Aiden, Alexander, and Jackson for boys.
Similar names: Eva · Mia · Avery · Nova · Isabella · Ella
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