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Avah

100% girls · 150 born in 2025

Avah has been given to about 7,046 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2018, which makes it a current name.

Meaning
Origin
Syllables2
Pronunciation
Nicknames
Living in the US≈ 7,001
Median age today10 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Avah per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2018 · 679
  • Born in 2025150
  • All time7,046
  • England & Wales, 202520

How popular is Avah?

Its best year was 2018, when 679 babies were given the name, ranking 463rd. The typical living American called Avah is about 10 years old today. It is relatively most common in Missouri, where it accounts for 0.01% of births.

Names that sound like Avah

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Ayah0.81
  2. Adah0.81
  3. Ava0.71
  4. Sarah0.70
  5. Hannah0.68
  6. Farah0.70
  7. Tarah0.70
  8. Farrah0.68

Middle names for Avah

Ranked by flow score
  1. Avah Eve0.80
  2. Avah Elizabeth0.78
  3. Avah Josephine0.78
  4. Avah Rose0.77
  5. Avah Louise0.77
  6. Avah June0.76

Sibling names for Avah

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Malayasister · 0.97
  2. Fisherbrother · 0.97
  3. Kensleysister · 0.97
  4. Rayanbrother · 0.97
  5. Coralinesister · 0.97
  6. Casebrother · 0.97

Where Avah is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state
  1. Missouri0.01%
  2. Alabama0.01%
  3. Ohio0.01%
  4. Michigan0.01%
  5. Florida0.01%

With a common surname

Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
  1. Avah White0.72
  2. Avah Reyes0.72
  3. Avah Nguyen0.72
  4. Avah Moore0.72
  5. Avah Lee0.72
  6. Avah Green0.72

How to read these numbers

Every score on this page is explained
  1. Phonetic similarity0–1
  2. Middle-name flow0–1
  3. Sibling fit0–1
  4. Living population estimatemethod
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Sources for Avah

Every figure on this page is public record
  1. United States1880–2025
  2. England & Wales1996–2025
  3. Scotland1974–2020
  4. France1900–2025

Avah across America

Share of 2025 births in each state. Darker means more common.
ME
WA
VT
NH
MT
ND
MN
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
ID
SD
IA
IL
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
NV
WY
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
CA
UT
CO
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
AZ
NM
OK
LA
MS
AL
SC
AK
TX
GA
FL
HI
raremost common

Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.