Aviva
Feminine · “spring”
Aviva is springtime in Hebrew — aviv, the month the Exodus happened in, and the name modern Israel gave to its largest city's first half.
How old is the name Aviva?
Aviva first appears in US birth records in 1935 — 90 years ago. The typical Aviva alive today was born around 2008, making them about 17 years old. About 3,600 people named Aviva are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Aviva most popular?
Aviva peaked in 2025, reaching #1592 nationally. Today it ranks #1592, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
From aviv to Aviva
The story of Aviva
Aviv and Aviva belong to the wave of Hebrew names built on biblical vocabulary rather than biblical people, coined and revived in Israel through the twentieth century. Tel Aviv was named in 1910 after the Hebrew title of Herzl's Altneuland. Aviva appears in American records steadily and is in current use.
Meaning
spring, springtime
From the Hebrew aviv, 'spring' or 'young barley' — the ear of grain at the stage when it is green. Exodus calls the month of the departure from Egypt Aviv. Tel Aviv means 'hill of spring'. The word is ordinary Hebrew and the meaning is undisputed.
How the name formed
- aviv
- Aviva
Related forms: אביבה · Aviv · Avivah
Pronouncing Aviva
uh-VEE-vuh
Three syllables, stress in the middle. Hebrew places the stress on the final syllable, a-vee-VAH.
Nicknames for Aviva
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1935
- Most girls named
- 2025131 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1592reached in 2025
- Change vs 2023
- +26.0%131 in 2025, from 104
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Aviva in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- אביבה in Hebrew — transliteration
- Aviv in Hebrew — related form
- Avivah in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, California, New Jersey.
Avivas among us
people named Aviva are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 12,269 born in 2025 was named Aviva
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Brady test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Aviva's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Brady climbed just as high around 1903, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Brady's path sketches the road Aviva is walking now.
Aviva sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Aviva is headed
Aviva should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Aviva beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Aviva in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The springtime meaning is concrete, transparent and about as good as meanings get.
- Tel Aviv carries the word, which is a strong and living connection.
- Viv and Avi are two short forms with their own records.
- The stress placement differs between Hebrew and American readings.
- It reads as specifically Hebrew and Israeli.
- The doubled v will need dictating.
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Feminine · #1592 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Avivas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,600 people named Aviva are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Aviva in 2025?
- Aviva ranks #1592 among US girl names in 2025, with 131 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Aviva?
- About 1 in every 12,269 US girls born in 2025 was named Aviva — 131 in all.
- Will my child share the name Aviva with classmates?
- Aviva will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Aviva
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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