Name meaning & stats
Ava
Ava means “bird, or life (debated)” (Hebrew origin). 338,968 US babies since 1940, peak 2007.
What it means
“bird, or life (debated)”
HebrewDebated
A form of Eva.
In US birth records
Peak year: 2007
338,968 US babies were named Ava between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Ava (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 93% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2007)