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How popular is the name Ava?
Births per year, rank history and how many Avas are alive today.
Ava (female) is currently the 11th most popular girls' name in England and Wales, with 1,611 babies given the name in 2025. The name peaked in 2012, when 3,779 babies were given the name, the 6th most popular that year. It has declined since 2012; the 2025 figure is roughly 43% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 56,000 babies have been named Ava in England and Wales since 1996.
The Ava you are most likely to meet is around 14 years old. Half of all Avas born in England and Wales are between 7 and 15, and there are at least 56,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 16% chance that at least one of them will be called Ava.
How many babies are named Ava each year?
Where does Ava rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Ava most popular?
Ava peaked in 2012, when 3,779 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Ava?
At least 56,000 people named Ava born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Ava?
Most living Avas are between 7 and 15; the most common age is about 14.
Is Ava becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2012 peak.