Girl · #4,851 in 2026

Ahava

Ahava Dead Sea Laboratories, Limited is an Israeli cosmetics company with headquarters in Lod that manufactures skin care products made of mud and mineral-based compounds from the Dead Sea. As of 2015, Ahava's income was more than US$150 million a year. In 2015, the Chinese conglomerate Fosun International agreed to purchase a controlling share of the company, which has been valuated to ca.

Current Rank
#4,851
Peak Rank
#4,361 (2023)
Total Babies
462
5-Yr Trend
+24%
1998
First Year
2026
Last Year
2023
Peak Year
#4361
Peak Rank
462
Total Count
27
Years Active

Meaning & Origin of Ahava

What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.

Ahava Dead Sea Laboratories, Limited is an Israeli cosmetics company with headquarters in Lod that manufactures skin care products made of mud and mineral-based compounds from the Dead Sea. As of 2015, Ahava's income was more than US$150 million a year. In 2015, the Chinese conglomerate Fosun International agreed to purchase a controlling share of the company, which has been valuated to ca.

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Origin & history
Models wearing and distributing Ahava products at New York Fashion Week in 2009 Ziva Gilad, a spa technician, came up with the idea of marketing Dead Sea mud after watching women tourists scooping up the mud to take home. Ahava was founded in 1988 as a single stand selling bottles of body scrub to tourists, generating $1 million that year. Ahava store in Jaffa, Israel , in 2021 As of 2010, Ahava is the only cosmetics company licensed by the Israeli government that is legally permitted to mine raw materials at the Dead Sea. On the Jordanian side of the Dead Sea, there are approximately fifty sm

The Story of Ahava

Ahava first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1998, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2023, when 32 Ahavas were born — ranking #4,361 that year. As of 2026, Ahava ranks #4,851 for baby girls with 27 births, rising sharply (+24% over the past five years). In total, more than 462 Ahavas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.

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Names that sound like Ahava

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Frequently Asked Questions about Ahava

What does the name Ahava mean?
Ahava Dead Sea Laboratories, Limited is an Israeli cosmetics company with headquarters in Lod that manufactures skin care products made of mud and mineral-based compounds from the Dead Sea. As of 2015, Ahava's income was more than US$150 million a year. In 2015, the Chinese conglomerate Fosun International agreed to purchase a controlling share of the company, which has been valuated to ca.
How popular is Ahava in 2026?
In 2026, Ahava ranks #4,851 among girls' names in the U.S., with 27 babies given the name that year.
When was Ahava most popular?
Ahava reached its peak popularity in 2023, ranking #4,361 that year with 32 babies given the name.
In which U.S. states is Ahava most popular?
Ahava has historically been most popular in Florida, New York, California. Rankings vary year to year, but these states show the strongest concentration of births named Ahava.
Is Ahava a unisex name?
In U.S. Social Security records, Ahava is primarily a girl's name. We don't have meaningful data for it as a boy's name.
What names go well with Ahava?
Names that share a similar style or popularity range with Ahava include Roderick, Quentina, Grizelda. These pairings are based on rank proximity and naming era in U.S. data.

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About the name Ahava

Ahava is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1998 and has accumulated 462 births in the dataset. Ahava's peak popularity came in 2023 when it ranked #4,361. Use the chart and map above to compare Ahava'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.