UK girl's name
Ava-May
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2024. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Ava-May is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Ava-May popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #1036, with 33 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2020, with 50 births.
This profile covers 526 England and Wales registrations across 18 recorded years from 2007 to 2024. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 66% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 536 living people in the UK are called Ava-May. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2025 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Ava-May ranked #1036 for girls in England and Wales in 2024, with 33 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2020, when 50 girls were registered as Ava-May.
- • Ava-May ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #765 in 2020.
- • About 536 living people in the UK are estimated to have Ava-May as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#1036
2024
Births in 2024
33
Latest year
Peak year
2020
50 births
Estimated living
536
2026
Popularity
Ava-May over time
The chart below shows babies named Ava-May registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 2007 to 2024. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Ava-May, the clearest high point is 2020. The latest England and Wales figure is 33 births in 2024, compared with 50 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Ava-May by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Ava-May was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #1069 | 168 | 5 |
| 2010s | #1100 | 329 | 10 |
| 2000s | #2473 | 29 | 3 |
Geography
Where Ava-May is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Ava-May. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Ava-May ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #765 in 2020.
Across the UK
Ava-May in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#765 in 2020
4 years of NRS records, 12 total registered
Related
Names similar to Ava-May
- Amelia 94,830
- Ava 54,556
- Amy 52,495
- Alice 46,815
- Abigail 45,658
- Amber 31,922
- Anna 27,802
- Alexandra 19,455
- Amelie 18,051
- Abbie 15,971
- Aimee 15,158
- Annabelle 15,120
FAQ
Ava-May: questions and answers
How popular is the name Ava-May in the UK right now?
In 2024, Ava-May was ranked #1036 for girls in England and Wales, with 33 births registered.
When was Ava-May most popular?
The peak year on record was 2020, with 50 babies registered as Ava-May in England and Wales.
How many people are called Ava-May in the UK?
A total of 526 babies have been registered as Ava-May across the 18 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 12 more in Scotland.
Where is Ava-May most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Ava-May ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #765 in 2020. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.