as a First Name
Of uncertain origin, probably Germanic, from a short form of various female compound names containing the element av (of uncertain meaning). St Ava or Avia was a 9th-century abbess of Dinart in Hainault and a member of the Frankish royal family. However, evidence for the existence of the name between the early Middle Ages and the mid-20th century is lacking, and it may well be a modern invention. Its popularity since the 1950s is largely due to the film actress Ava Gardner (1922–90).
| 1,403rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 15,956
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 134,608
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Mississippi
- has the most people named Ava per capita
- 2007
- marked the height of its popularity
99.97%
0.03%
3%
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55+
2%
30-54
30-54
1%
13-29
13-29
93%
0-12
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