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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: steady

AvaIn Hebrew: אווה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Ava (Hebrew: אווה) is a girl's name of international origin. 4,022 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 40 girls and ranked #329. Its peak year was 1949, with 107 babies.

People in Israel
4,022
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
40
rank #329
Peak year
1949
107 babies
USA, 2025
7,732
rank #11

Writing and saying Ava

In Hebrew letters the name is אווה, read right to left. Ava is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Ava by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Ava: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Ava in English-speaking countries

Ava in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20257,732#112007 (18,053)
United Kingdom20251,836#112012 (4,303)
England and Wales20251,611#112012 (3,779)
Scotland2025166#132010 (495)
Northern Ireland202559#202015 (141)
Ireland2025143#272008 (695)
British Columbia2023115#62007 (237)
Alberta202580#282006 (254)
Quebec202529#1982016 (63)
New South Wales2025227#182014 (495)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Ava has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Ava

How do you write Ava in Hebrew?

Ava is written אווה in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Ava?

4,022 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name אווה: 4,022 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Ava a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named אווה are women.

Is Ava used outside Israel?

The name Ava appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 7,732 girls were given it in 2025 (#11), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 1,836 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.