Names like Ava

In 2025, 7,732 girls born in the US were named Ava, #11 among girls' names.

It was in the top 1,000 as early as 1880, dropped out, and has been back every year since 1986.

Its best rank was #3, every year from 2016 to 2020.

The most births in one year were 18,053, in 2007.

Births fell 53% from 16,416 in 2015.

For 6 of the 12 names below, the current unbroken run in the top 1,000 began in 1981 or later (Ava's began in 1986).

Ava's rank every ten years

1. 1880
   #464
2. 1890
   #360
3. 1900
   #415
4. 1910
   #445
5. 1920
   #507
6. 1930
   #556
7. 1940
   #781
8. 1950
   #467
9. 1960
   #529
10. 1970
    #777
11. 1980
    —
12. 1990
    #933
13. 2000
    #180
14. 2010
    #5
15. 2020
    #3
16. 2025
    #11

— outside the top 1,000

12 girl names with a similar curve

How this list was made

We compared Ava's rank in every year from 1880 to 2025 with every other girl's name in the 2025 top 1,000 (US Social Security birth records); the closest curves come first. Years outside the top 1,000 count the same however far outside, years since 1995 count four times as much, and each name appears in one spelling.