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 0.000145517 36 100%
1888 41 0.000136907 41 100%
1889 44 0.000152278 44 100%
1890 49 0.000162574 49 100%
1891 41 0.000143021 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 0.000144361 65 100%
1901 46 0.00013302 46 100%
1902 40 0.000103431 40 100%
1903 55 0.00014428 55 100%
1904 50 0.00012392 50 100%
1905 53 0.000125022 53 100%
1906 62 0.000144707 62 100%
1907 55 0.00011818 55 100%
1908 58 0.000118694 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 0.000061922 135 5 93%
1929 135 0.000061583 135 100%
1930 142 0.000063869 142 100%
1931 136 0.000064628 136 100%
1932 145 0.000068679 145 100%
1933 119 0.000059517 119 100%
1934 129 0.000062115 129 100%
1935 109 0.000052156 109 100%
1936 113 0.000054391 113 100%
1937 114 0.000053505 114 100%
1938 83 0.000037513 83 100%
1939 90 0.000040846 90 100%
1940 78 0.000033874 78 100%
1941 89 0.00003653 89 100%
1942 132 0.000048321 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 0.000055243 199 100%
1948 197 0.00005706 197 100%
1949 240 0.000068872 240 100%
1950 299 0.000085346 299 100%
1951 384 0.000104242 384 100%
1952 388 0.000102159 388 100%
1953 462 0.000119888 462 100%
1954 540 0.000135655 540 100%
1955 508 0.000126525 508 100%
1956 509 0.000123453 509 100%
1957 432 0.000102807 432 100%
1958 378 0.000091431 378 100%
1959 337 0.000081074 337 100%
1960 327 0.000078721 327 100%
1961 262 0.000063255 262 100%
1962 263 0.000065183 263 100%
1963 274 0.000069221 274 100%
1964 268 0.000068938 268 100%
1965 227 0.000062612 227 100%
1966 199 0.000057257 199 100%
1967 176 0.000051843 176 100%
1968 177 0.000052392 177 100%
1969 171 0.000049204 171 100%
1970 177 0.000049078 177 100%
1971 161 0.000046908 161 100%
1972 153 0.000048679 153 100%
1973 109 0.00003613 109 100%
1974 130 0.000042763 130 100%
1975 127 0.000042062 127 100%
1976 96 0.000031638 96 100%
1977 103 0.000032427 103 100%
1978 132 0.00004159 132 100%
1979 132 0.000039676 132 100%
1980 113 0.000032806 113 100%
1981 122 0.000035267 122 100%
1982 109 0.000031072 109 100%
1983 107 0.000030896 107 100%
1984 145 0.000041563 145 100%
1985 134 0.000037546 134 100%
1986 167 0.00004695 167 100%
1987 177 0.000049092 177 100%
1988 167 0.000045198 167 100%
1989 175 0.000045522 175 100%
1990 198 0.000050098 198 100%
1991 236 0.000060589 236 100%
1992 239 0.000062222 239 100%
1993 286 0.000075859 286 100%
1994 276 0.000074244 276 100%
1995 279 0.000076187 279 100%
1996 285 0.000078145 285 100%
1997 362 0.000099845 362 100%
1998 831 0.000225933 831 100%
1999 1215 0.000328934 1215 100%
2000 1796 0.000475159 1796 100%
2001 2544 0.00067962 2539 5 100%
2002 3751 0.001003442 3751 100%
2003 6289 0.001654122 6280 9 100%
2004 8680 0.002271875 8645 35 99%
2005 13635 0.003546582 13606 29 100%
2006 16966 0.004288898 16942 24 100%
2007 18065 0.004519349 18053 12 100%
2008 17065 0.004342131 17049 16 100%
2009 15897 0.004162069 15874 23 100%
2010 15458 0.004183326 15441 17 100%
2011 15531 0.004246746 15514 17 100%
2012 15567 0.004257179 15547 20 100%
2013 15287 0.004194192 15270 17 100%
2014 15737 0.004247027 15722 15 100%
2015 16421 0.004438289 16402 19 100%
2016 16352 0.004458596 16341 11 100%
2017 16024 0.004482592 16011 13 100%
2018 15030 0.004276995 15020 10 100%
2019 14534 0.004189932 14534 100%
2020 13202 0.003955246 13191 11 100%
2021 12862 0.003800056 12854 8 100%
2022 11096 0.00328419 11087 9 100%
2023 9687 0.002937906 9682 5 100%