Ava or Eleanor

Ava is the more popular girl name in Canada, #10 to #31 in 2024. Ava is the more popular girl name in England and Wales, #11 to #56 in 2025. Ava is the more popular girl name in the USA, #9 to #14 in 2024.

Place by place

Each place ranks its own registered births, so the two names are compared inside one list at a time, in that place's most recent complete year.

Where each place ranks Ava against Eleanor, in that place's most recent complete year.AvaEleanor#1#50#100#250Canada#10 → #31 ↓21England and Wales#11 → #56 ↓45USA#9 → #14 ↓5Alberta#6 → #27 ↓21British Columbia#8 → #33 ↓25Ontario#6 → #19 ↓13Quebec#141 → #148 ↓7
PlaceYear Ava Eleanor Ahead
Canada2024#10#31Ava
England and Wales2025#11#56Ava
USA2024#9#14Ava
Alberta2024#6#27Ava
British Columbia2024#8#33Ava
Ontario2024#6#19Ava
Quebec2024#141#148Ava

Ava and Eleanor in Canada, 2020–2024

Ava slipped from #7 in 2020 to #10 in 2024 in Canada. Eleanor climbed from #53 in 2020 to #31 in 2024 in Canada.

Ava and Eleanor ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#50#100#10 Ava#31 Eleanor20202021202220232024

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Ava and Eleanor in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Ava slipped from #4 in 2020 to #11 in 2025 in England and Wales. Eleanor slipped from #53 in 2020 to #56 in 2025 in England and Wales.

Ava and Eleanor ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#50#100#11 Ava#56 Eleanor202020212022202320242025

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Ava and Eleanor in the USA, 2020–2024

Ava slipped from #3 in 2020 to #9 in 2024 in the USA. Eleanor climbed from #22 in 2020 to #14 in 2024 in the USA.

Ava and Eleanor ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#50#9 Ava#14 Eleanor20202021202220232024

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Other comparisons

How this comparison is built

Both names are ranked by how many babies were registered with that exact spelling, so every position here counts real births rather than votes or searches. Rank is the only measure every source publishes, so it is what the charts plot; birth counts are not released for every place.

A place appears only in the years it published a complete list, which is why a name can be missing from a year it was almost certainly given to some babies. See every head-to-head on the site, or the ranked lists these names come from.