Ava
girlAY-vah
“Life; birdlike”
Popularity Over Time
Births per million by decade (SSA data, 1960s–2020s)
The Story
Possibly Latin 'avis' (bird), Hebrew 'Chava' (life), or a variation of Eve. Ava Gardner put it on the map in the 1940s-50s.
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