Ava or Phoebe

Ava is the more popular girl name in Canada, #10 to #193 in 2024. Ava is the more popular girl name in England and Wales, #11 to #14 in 2025. Ava is the more popular girl name in the USA, #9 to #183 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 Phoebe, in that place's most recent complete year.AvaPhoebe#1#100#250#500Canada#10 → #193 ↓183England and Wales#11 → #14 ↓3USA#9 → #183 ↓174Alberta#6 → #170 ↓164British Columbia#8 → #225 ↓217Ontario#6 → #163 ↓157Quebec#141 → #301 ↓160
PlaceYear Ava Phoebe Ahead
Canada2024#10#193Ava
England and Wales2025#11#14Ava
USA2024#9#183Ava
Alberta2024#6#170Ava
British Columbia2024#8#225Ava
Ontario2024#6#163Ava
Quebec2024#141#301Ava

Ava and Phoebe in Canada, 2020–2024

Ava slipped from #7 in 2020 to #10 in 2024 in Canada. Phoebe climbed from #291 in 2020 to #193 in 2024 in Canada.

Ava and Phoebe ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#250#500#10 Ava#193 Phoebe20202021202220232024

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Ava and Phoebe in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Ava slipped from #4 in 2020 to #11 in 2025 in England and Wales. Phoebe climbed from #25 in 2020 to #14 in 2025 in England and Wales.

Ava and Phoebe ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#50#11 Ava#14 Phoebe202020212022202320242025

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Ava and Phoebe in the USA, 2020–2024

Ava slipped from #3 in 2020 to #9 in 2024 in the USA. Phoebe climbed from #254 in 2020 to #183 in 2024 in the USA.

Ava and Phoebe ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#250#500#9 Ava#183 Phoebe20202021202220232024

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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.