Avah

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Avah: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Avah: Recorded since 2006, its highest recorded position is #328, and it stood at #638 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
19years from first to last
#328highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2008–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2008	#1718
2009	#2759
2010	#1294
2011	#1269
2012	#1075
2013	#1177
2014	#1367
2015	#1240
2016	#1525
2017	#1144
2018	#1343
2019	#1497
2020	#1100
2021	#1351
2022	#1282
2023	#1371
2024	#2115

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 2008 to 2024.

In 2024: #638 among girls in Scotland, #2115 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 2006–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2006
First recorded at #764 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 2006 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded2021–2023
Highest recorded position: #328 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2023 (recorded 2021–2023).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2115 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Avah appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 17 ranked years and 392 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 2006.

Avah across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Avah's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#1718 (2008)	#1075 (2012)	#2115 (2024)	17 of 17	392 (2008–2024)	32 (2012)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#764 (2006)	#585 (2016)	#585 (2016)	5 of 11	20 (2006–2016)	6 (2016)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#446 (2021)	#328 (2023)	#328 (2023)	2 of 3	7 (2021–2023)	4 (2023)

Avah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Avah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	23	2 of 10	12
2010sbusiest	255	10 of 10	26
2020s	114	5 of 10	23

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 26 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Avah appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 2006 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #328 in Northern Ireland in 2023.

Avah's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2115	13	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1371	23	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1282	25	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1351	23	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1100	30	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1497	20	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1343	24	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1144	30	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1525	21	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1240	27	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1367	23	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1177	29	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1075	32	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1269	25	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1294	24	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2759	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1718	15	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#328	4	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#446	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#585	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#798	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#638	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 2006 and 2024, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #328, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 32 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, and 18 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Avaani · #910, 20y
Avaleigh · #2411, 12y
Avalon · #1594, 28y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Rayah · #328, 22y
Bear · #326, 18y
Theia · #333, 20y
Bella-Rose · #336, 17y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Aayan · #328, 21y
Armandas · #328, 19y
Arnas · #328, 21y
Isla-Grace · #328, 17y

Avah was ranked #328 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2023. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Avah and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Avah without appearing here.

Avah moved ahead of

Jordan Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2759 and #1837 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1294 and #4012.
Pamela Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2759 and #2148 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1294 and #2843.
Nicola Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1282 and #1282 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1371 and #2689.
Mona Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2759 and #1596 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1294 and #2589.

Moved ahead of Avah

Marilyn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1371 and #2063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2115 and #1541.
Bernadette Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1371 and #1774 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2115 and #1603.
Rory Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1371 and #1469 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2115 and #1603.
Fiadh Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1343 and #1436 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1497 and #1063.

Moved the opposite way to Avah

Rory Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Avah went from #1294 to #2115 while Rory went from #5707 to #1603.
Meabh Compare
Between 2011 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Avah went from #1269 to #2115 while Meabh went from #4049 to #952.
Fiadh Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Avah went from #1177 to #2115 while Fiadh went from #5742 to #374.
Noah Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Avah went from #1177 to #2115 while Noah went from #5742 to #1743.

Moved the same way as Avah

Teddy Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Avah went from #1177 to #2115 and Teddy from #2460 to #5891.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 2006 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #328 in Northern Ireland in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Avah

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Avah across 3 official records

Avah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Avah across 3 official records

Avah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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