Fun Facts About the Name Aveyah
- 447 babies named Aveyah: U.S. records list 447 babies given the name Aveyah from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Aveyah Mean?
Aveyah is a modern English spelling of the Hebrew name Aviyah, also written Aviya or Aviah. That name joins Hebrew av ("father") and the possessive ending -i ("my") to Yah, a short form of the divine name, so it is commonly translated "my father is Yah," or at greater length "Yahweh is my father." The -eyah ending of Aveyah is an English spelling choice; the Hebrew form ends in -yah (אֲבִיָּה).
The link to Aviyah is the explanation most often given for the spelling Aveyah, but it is not documented for the spelling itself. The same sounds can also be reached from the English name Ava with an added ending, and not every family using Aveyah is drawing on a Hebrew source.
Aveyah Name History & Origins
The Hebrew name behind Aveyah appears in the Bible as Abijah (אֲבִיָּה). In 1 Kings and 2 Chronicles it belongs to a king of Judah, a son of Rehoboam and father of Asa; to a son of Jeroboam who died young; and to several priests and Levites. The mother of King Hezekiah is called Abi in 2 Kings 18:2 and Abijah in 2 Chronicles 29:1. A longer form, Aviyahu (אֲבִיָּהוּ), adds a second divine element and appears for other biblical figures.
Jewish communities kept the name in use after the biblical period, and it was taken up again in modern Hebrew as Aviya, where it is given to girls as well as boys. English forms such as Aveyah follow English spelling habits: ey carries the stressed vowel, and a final h keeps the last syllable open, matching the pattern of other English names ending in -ayah.
How Popular is the Name Aveyah?
Aveyah has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2022. Its best rank was #3,474 in 2022.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,258 | 24 | 0.0015% |
| 2024 | #4,559 | 30 | 0.0019% |
| 2023 | #3,593 | 43 | 0.0027% |
| 2022 | #3,474 | 45 | 0.0027% |
| 2021 | #3,684 | 41 | 0.0025% |
| 2020 | #3,929 | 36 | 0.0022% |
| 2019 | #4,924 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 2018 | #5,640 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2017 | #7,897 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2016 | #4,752 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 2015 | #7,669 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2014 | #5,339 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2013 | #7,433 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2012 | #5,923 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2011 | #6,887 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2010 | #7,936 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2009 | #10,066 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2008 | #17,895 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #11,765 | 9 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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