By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal
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Where Ava is most popular
Girls named Ava per 1,000 girls born in
each state, 2021–2025. National average: 6.18 per 1,000.
Strongest in District of Columbia, Delaware, and Hawaii.
Vs national average well below below near national above well above no data
All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Ava born
2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes
comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.
| State | Girls 2021–2025 | Per 1,000 | vs national |
| District of Columbia | 169 | 14.3 | +131% |
| Delaware | 159 | 14.0 | +127% |
| Hawaii | 160 | 14.0 | +126% |
| Rhode Island | 169 | 13.5 | +118% |
| Mississippi | 628 | 13.4 | +117% |
| Wyoming | 55 | 12.9 | +109% |
| Vermont | 62 | 12.8 | +107% |
| Alaska | 100 | 11.6 | +88% |
| South Dakota | 157 | 11.0 | +78% |
| Montana | 146 | 10.8 | +74% |
| Connecticut | 615 | 10.6 | +71% |
| West Virginia | 273 | 10.4 | +69% |
| Maine | 155 | 10.0 | +62% |
| New Hampshire | 182 | 9.86 | +59% |
| North Dakota | 129 | 9.81 | +59% |
| Alabama | 916 | 9.76 | +58% |
| South Carolina | 861 | 9.58 | +55% |
| Iowa | 543 | 9.29 | +50% |
| Louisiana | 798 | 9.12 | +47% |
| Georgia | 2,067 | 9.10 | +47% |
| New Jersey | 1,624 | 9.00 | +46% |
| Arkansas | 475 | 8.99 | +45% |
| Virginia | 1,505 | 8.83 | +43% |
| Kentucky | 750 | 8.77 | +42% |
| Maryland | 927 | 8.75 | +42% |
| Michigan | 1,570 | 8.62 | +39% |
| Nevada | 389 | 8.37 | +35% |
| North Carolina | 1,895 | 8.32 | +35% |
| Pennsylvania | 1,949 | 8.24 | +33% |
| Tennessee | 1,294 | 8.17 | +32% |
| New Mexico | 198 | 8.14 | +32% |
| Missouri | 975 | 8.09 | +31% |
| Wisconsin | 826 | 8.02 | +30% |
| Idaho | 267 | 7.98 | +29% |
| Nebraska | 285 | 7.93 | +28% |
| Ohio | 1,850 | 7.80 | +26% |
| Massachusetts | 940 | 7.77 | +26% |
| Illinois | 1,752 | 7.65 | +24% |
| New York | 3,015 | 7.61 | +23% |
| Indiana | 1,061 | 7.56 | +22% |
| Minnesota | 800 | 7.41 | +20% |
| Florida | 3,168 | 7.40 | +20% |
| Oklahoma | 544 | 7.39 | +20% |
| Kansas | 414 | 7.18 | +16% |
| Colorado | 783 | 7.01 | +13% |
| Arizona | 970 | 6.91 | +12% |
| Washington | 954 | 6.60 | +7% |
| Oregon | 430 | 6.60 | +7% |
| Utah | 507 | 6.09 | ≈ national |
| Texas | 4,789 | 5.95 | ≈ national |
| California | 4,899 | 5.83 | -6% |
State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any
state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.
The story of Ava
Ava is a top-50 name for girls in the United States, ranked #11 in 2025 with 7,732 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.
Since 1880, 344,441 American babies have been named Ava. Its peak came in 2007, when 18,065 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2000s.
The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Ava stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.
