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Avah

Meaning
To live, living
Origin
Hebrew — Variant of Ava

Girl's name · #1436 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave

Popularity over time

Avah's best rank, #463, came in 2018; it has settled back to #1436 today. Roughly 7,000 girls have been named Avah since 1923.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 26 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#1,512 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,882 in Canada (2025) · #2,203 in Sweden (2025) · #2,459 in France (2025) · #7,643 in Italy (2024) · #638 in Scotland (2024) · #328 in N. Ireland (2023) · #1,371 in Austria (2022) · #389 in New Zealand (2020) · #585 in Ireland (2016).

Spellings & nicknames

Avah is a rare spelling of Ava — about 2% of babies given the name are written this way; Ava itself ranked #11 in 2025.

Similar names: Ayva · Elliot · Aveah · Mika · Ariah · Aviva

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