Given name

Avya

Avya is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Avya isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2005. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Avya through the years

Babies since 1880
237
0 boys · 237 girls
Most popular year
2025
30 babies
2025
30
#4,566 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+67%
Rising fast
051015202025Highest share 202519
Avya in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2005–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

Where it’s given

Most at home inCalifornia
FewerMore, relative to births Not published
2025 births by state of birth. Tiles are equal-sized so small states stay visible. Highest rates: California (7).

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 30 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,566 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 67.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (7).

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Avya, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Anvika

42UncommonRising

>99% girls

Modern

Vaela

29RareRising fast

>99% girls

African · Modern

Anaya

“one who looks up to God”

64FamiliarSteady

>99% girls

Modern

Hamna

19Very rareRising

>99% girls

Modern

Alanys

28RareRising

>99% girls

Modern

Madiha

“one who is praiseworthy”

27RareRising

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Avya’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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