Name Trends

See the popularity of names over time in the USA

How popular is “Ava” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ava” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Ava” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Ava” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Ava” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Ava” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Ava” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ava” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 13 0.000064521 13 100%
1881 18 0.000093415 18 100%
1882 21 0.000094794 21 100%
1883 29 0.000133674 29 100%
1884 32 0.000131438 32 100%
1885 18 0.000074734 18 100%
1886 27 0.000105751 27 100%
1887 36 0.000145518 36 100%
1888 41 0.000136907 41 100%
1889 44 0.000152278 44 100%
1890 49 0.000162574 49 100%
1891 41 0.00014302 41 100%
1892 54 0.000161496 54 100%
1893 46 0.000141441 46 100%
1894 58 0.000171248 58 100%
1895 54 0.000153837 54 100%
1896 38 0.000106298 38 100%
1897 42 0.000121052 42 100%
1898 53 0.000138942 53 100%
1899 44 0.000129704 44 100%
1900 65 0.000144362 65 100%
1901 46 0.00013302 46 100%
1902 40 0.000103431 40 100%
1903 55 0.000144281 55 100%
1904 50 0.00012392 50 100%
1905 53 0.000125023 53 100%
1906 62 0.000144707 62 100%
1907 55 0.00011818 55 100%
1908 58 0.000118695 58 100%
1909 49 0.000095848 49 100%
1910 79 0.000133737 79 100%
1911 86 0.000133483 86 100%
1912 98 0.000099184 98 100%
1913 112 0.000098495 112 100%
1914 156 0.000110143 156 100%
1915 171 0.000093319 171 100%
1916 186 0.000096153 186 100%
1917 180 0.000089697 180 100%
1918 174 0.000080143 174 100%
1919 159 0.000075347 159 100%
1920 184 0.000081321 184 100%
1921 177 0.000075819 177 100%
1922 160 0.000069895 160 100%
1923 173 0.000075136 173 100%
1924 157 0.000065922 157 100%
1925 164 0.000070287 164 100%
1926 164 0.000071432 164 100%
1927 147 0.00006338 141 6 92%
1928 140 0.000061921 135 5 93%
1929 135 0.000061583 135 100%
1930 142 0.000063869 142 100%
1931 136 0.000064627 136 100%
1932 145 0.000068678 145 100%
1933 119 0.000059516 119 100%
1934 129 0.000062114 129 100%
1935 109 0.000052156 109 100%
1936 113 0.00005439 113 100%
1937 114 0.000053504 114 100%
1938 83 0.000037513 83 100%
1939 90 0.000040845 90 100%
1940 78 0.000033874 78 100%
1941 89 0.000036529 89 100%
1942 132 0.000048319 132 100%
1943 109 0.000038617 109 100%
1944 91 0.000033828 91 100%
1945 80 0.000030156 80 100%
1946 131 0.000040998 131 100%
1947 199 0.000055242 199 100%
1948 197 0.00005706 197 100%
1949 240 0.000068871 240 100%
1950 299 0.000085347 299 100%
1951 384 0.000104242 384 100%
1952 388 0.000102159 388 100%
1953 462 0.000119887 462 100%
1954 540 0.000135654 540 100%
1955 508 0.000126523 508 100%
1956 509 0.000123453 509 100%
1957 432 0.000102805 432 100%
1958 378 0.000091439 378 100%
1959 337 0.000081049 337 100%
1960 327 0.000078723 327 100%
1961 262 0.00006325 262 100%
1962 263 0.000065174 263 100%
1963 274 0.000069223 274 100%
1964 268 0.000068937 268 100%
1965 227 0.000062613 227 100%
1966 199 0.000057255 199 100%
1967 176 0.000051843 176 100%
1968 177 0.000052391 177 100%
1969 171 0.000049204 171 100%
1970 177 0.000049078 177 100%
1971 161 0.000046907 161 100%
1972 153 0.00004868 153 100%
1973 109 0.00003613 109 100%
1974 130 0.000042763 130 100%
1975 127 0.000042061 127 100%
1976 96 0.000031638 96 100%
1977 103 0.000032426 103 100%
1978 132 0.00004159 132 100%
1979 133 0.000039976 133 100%
1980 113 0.000032806 113 100%
1981 123 0.000035556 123 100%
1982 109 0.000031072 109 100%
1983 107 0.000030895 107 100%
1984 146 0.000041849 146 100%
1985 134 0.000037544 134 100%
1986 167 0.000046949 167 100%
1987 177 0.00004909 177 100%
1988 167 0.000045196 167 100%
1989 175 0.00004552 175 100%
1990 198 0.000050095 198 100%
1991 236 0.000060586 236 100%
1992 239 0.000062219 239 100%
1993 286 0.000075856 286 100%
1994 276 0.00007424 276 100%
1995 279 0.000076185 279 100%
1996 285 0.000078142 285 100%
1997 362 0.000099841 362 100%
1998 831 0.000225925 831 100%
1999 1215 0.000328924 1215 100%
2000 1796 0.000475144 1796 100%
2001 2544 0.000679598 2539 5 100%
2002 3751 0.0010034 3751 100%
2003 6289 0.001653991 6280 9 100%
2004 8680 0.002271703 8645 35 99%
2005 13635 0.003546307 13606 29 100%
2006 16965 0.004288218 16941 24 100%
2007 18065 0.004518867 18053 12 100%
2008 17066 0.004341759 17050 16 100%
2009 15900 0.004162113 15877 23 100%
2010 15459 0.004182925 15442 17 100%
2011 15531 0.004246004 15514 17 100%
2012 15568 0.004256614 15548 20 100%
2013 15288 0.004193471 15271 17 100%
2014 15740 0.004246736 15725 15 100%
2015 16429 0.004439176 16410 19 100%
2016 16358 0.004458803 16347 11 100%
2017 16028 0.004481859 16015 13 100%
2018 15038 0.004277145 15028 10 100%
2019 14544 0.004190228 14544 100%
2020 13208 0.003953808 13197 11 100%
2021 12875 0.003800234 12867 8 100%
2022 11114 0.003285119 11105 9 100%
2023 9729 0.002938213 9724 5 100%
2024 8662 0.002602373 8662 100%