Aava
Aava is a name with a single cultural origin: Finnish.
- Finnish
Meaning & Origin of Aava
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Aava is a name with a single cultural origin: Finnish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Finnish
The Story of Aava
The earliest SSA record of Aava as a baby girl name dates back to 2006, when 9 babies received it. 2020 was its biggest year on record, with 19 newborns named Aava — #6,078 in the national rankings. About 50% of every Aava on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Aava last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 175 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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About the name Aava
Aava is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2006 and has accumulated 175 births in the dataset. Aava's peak popularity came in 2020 when it ranked #6,078. Use the chart and map above to compare Aava's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.