Ava vs Hannah

Ava is the more popular girl name in Canada, #11 to #28 in 2023. Ava is the more popular girl name in the United States, #9 to #52 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.

AvaHannah#1#50#100#250Canada#11 → #28 ↓17United States#9 → #52 ↓43Alberta#6 → #28 ↓22British Columbia#8 → #16 ↓8Ontario#6 → #20 ↓14Quebec#141 → #176 ↓35
PlaceYear Ava Hannah Ahead
Canada2023#11#28Ava
United States2024#9#52Ava
Alberta2024#6#28Ava
British Columbia2024#8#16Ava
Ontario2024#6#20Ava
Quebec2024#141#176Ava

Ava and Hannah in Canada, 2020–2023

Ava slipped from #7 in 2020 to #11 in 2023 in Canada. Hannah slipped from #21 in 2020 to #28 in 2023 in Canada.

#1#50#11 Ava#28 Hannah2020202120222023

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Ava and Hannah in the United States, 2020–2024

Ava slipped from #3 in 2020 to #9 in 2024 in the United States. Hannah slipped from #39 in 2020 to #52 in 2024 in the United States.

#1#50#100#9 Ava#52 Hannah20202021202220232024

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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.