Ava or Sofia

Sofia is the more popular girl name in Canada, #6 to #10 in 2024. Ava is the more popular girl name in England and Wales, #11 to #17 in 2025. Ava is the more popular girl name in the USA, #9 to #10 in 2024. The two countries disagree on which is ahead.

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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 Sofia, in that place's most recent complete year.AvaSofia#1#50#100#250Canada#10 → #6 ↑4England and Wales#11 → #17 ↓6USA#9 → #10 ↓1Alberta#6 → #22 ↓16British Columbia#8 → #21 ↓13Ontario#6 → #8 ↓2Quebec#141 → #9 ↑132
PlaceYear Ava Sofia Ahead
Canada2024#10#6Sofia
England and Wales2025#11#17Ava
USA2024#9#10Ava
Alberta2024#6#22Ava
British Columbia2024#8#21Ava
Ontario2024#6#8Ava
Quebec2024#141#9Sofia

Ava and Sofia in Canada, 2020–2024

Ava slipped from #7 in 2020 to #10 in 2024 in Canada. Sofia climbed from #13 in 2020 to #6 in 2024 in Canada. Sofia passed Ava in 2023.

Ava and Sofia ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#20#6 Sofia#10 Ava20202021202220232024

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Ava and Sofia in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Ava slipped from #4 in 2020 to #11 in 2025 in England and Wales. Sofia climbed from #23 in 2020 to #17 in 2025 in England and Wales.

Ava and Sofia ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#50#11 Ava#17 Sofia202020212022202320242025

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Ava and Sofia in the USA, 2020–2024

Ava slipped from #3 in 2020 to #9 in 2024 in the USA. Sofia climbed from #17 in 2020 to #10 in 2024 in the USA.

Ava and Sofia ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#20#9 Ava#10 Sofia20202021202220232024

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Other comparisons

More head-to-heads with Ava
Abigail or AvaAlice or AvaAmelia or AvaAria or AvaAurora or AvaAva or CamilaAva or CharlotteAva or ChloeAva or ClaraAva or DaisyAva or EleanorAva or ElianaAva or ElizabethAva or EllaAva or EllieAva or ElsieAva or EmmaAva or EvelynAva or FlorenceAva or FreyaAva or HannahAva or HarperAva or HazelAva or IsabellaAva or IslaAva or IvyAva or LilyAva or LunaAva or MabelAva or MatildaAva or MayaAva or MiaAva or MilaAva or NoraAva or OliviaAva or PhoebeAva or PoppyAva or RehmatAva or SiennaAva or SophiaAva or SophieAva or VioletAva or Willow
More head-to-heads with Sofia
Abigail or SofiaAlice or SofiaAmelia or SofiaAria or SofiaAurora or SofiaBeatrice or SofiaCamila or SofiaCharlie or SofiaCharlotte or SofiaChloe or SofiaClara or SofiaDaisy or SofiaEleanor or SofiaEliana or SofiaElizabeth or SofiaEllie or SofiaElsie or SofiaEmma or SofiaEva or SofiaEvelyn or SofiaFlorence or SofiaFreya or SofiaHannah or SofiaHarper or SofiaHazel or SofiaIsabella or SofiaIsla or SofiaIvy or SofiaJuliette or SofiaLea or SofiaLeonie or SofiaLily or SofiaLivia or SofiaLuna or SofiaMabel or SofiaMatilda or SofiaMaya or SofiaMia or SofiaMila or SofiaNora or SofiaOlivia or SofiaPhoebe or SofiaPoppy or SofiaRomy or SofiaRose or SofiaSienna or SofiaSofia or SophiaSofia or SophieSofia or VictoriaSofia or VioletSofia or WillowSofia or Zoe

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.