Fun Facts About the Name Aviva
- More than 3 thousand babies named Aviva: U.S. records list 3,683 babies given the name Aviva from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Aviva Mean?
Aviva is a Hebrew name meaning "spring" - the season - and it is the feminine form of Aviv. The Hebrew word אָבִיב (aviv) first referred to the stage when barley ripens, the "green ears" of grain, and from that it came to mean the spring season and the spring month of the biblical calendar. The feminine ending -a turns Aviv into Aviva, so the name carries the sense of "springtime."
Aviva Name History & Origins
The root aviv appears in the Hebrew Bible as the name of the spring month when barley ripened, later called Nisan; passages such as Exodus 13:4 and 23:15 speak of "the month of Aviv." In those texts the word means the fresh, green stage of the grain and, by extension, the season itself.
The given name Aviva belongs to Modern Hebrew. It came into use as Hebrew was revived as a spoken language in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a period when biblical and rabbinic words were adapted into new personal names. Aviva is used in Israel and among Jewish families elsewhere.
The masculine Aviv remains a common name in Israel, and the same word appears in the city name Tel Aviv ("hill of spring"), chosen in 1910. Aviva and Aviv share that root, but Aviva developed on its own as a woman's name.
How Popular is the Name Aviva?
Aviva 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 2025. Its best rank was #1,595 in 2025.
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 | #1,595 | 131 | 0.0082% |
| 2024 | #1,800 | 111 | 0.0069% |
| 2023 | #1,922 | 103 | 0.0064% |
| 2022 | #1,692 | 123 | 0.0075% |
| 2021 | #1,640 | 127 | 0.0077% |
| 2020 | #1,818 | 108 | 0.0067% |
| 2019 | #2,072 | 91 | 0.0054% |
| 2018 | #1,740 | 118 | 0.0069% |
| 2017 | #1,930 | 104 | 0.0060% |
| 2016 | #1,910 | 105 | 0.0059% |
| 2015 | #1,781 | 117 | 0.0066% |
| 2014 | #2,054 | 95 | 0.0053% |
| 2013 | #2,156 | 87 | 0.0050% |
| 2012 | #2,516 | 72 | 0.0041% |
| 2011 | #2,124 | 90 | 0.0051% |
| 2010 | #2,732 | 65 | 0.0037% |
| 2009 | #2,551 | 73 | 0.0040% |
| 2008 | #2,833 | 63 | 0.0033% |
| 2007 | #2,967 | 60 | 0.0031% |
| 2006 | #3,022 | 56 | 0.0029% |
| 2005 | #2,676 | 63 | 0.0034% |
| 2004 | #3,004 | 52 | 0.0028% |
| 2003 | #3,953 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 2002 | #3,344 | 41 | 0.0023% |
| 2001 | #2,743 | 54 | 0.0030% |
| 2000 | #4,091 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 1999 | #2,816 | 48 | 0.0027% |
| 1998 | #3,927 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 1997 | #2,884 | 42 | 0.0024% |
| 1996 | #3,155 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 1995 | #3,294 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 1994 | #2,545 | 49 | 0.0027% |
| 1993 | #2,996 | 39 | 0.0022% |
| 1992 | #3,507 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 1991 | #2,662 | 45 | 0.0024% |
| 1990 | #2,906 | 39 | 0.0021% |
| 1989 | #3,174 | 33 | 0.0018% |
| 1988 | #2,073 | 56 | 0.0031% |
| 1987 | #2,399 | 43 | 0.0025% |
| 1986 | #2,387 | 42 | 0.0024% |
| 1985 | #2,023 | 53 | 0.0031% |
| 1984 | #2,116 | 47 | 0.0028% |
| 1983 | #2,598 | 34 | 0.0020% |
| 1982 | #2,291 | 43 | 0.0025% |
| 1981 | #2,615 | 35 | 0.0021% |
| 1980 | #2,016 | 52 | 0.0031% |
| 1979 | #1,979 | 52 | 0.0032% |
| 1978 | #2,519 | 34 | 0.0022% |
| 1977 | #2,609 | 32 | 0.0021% |
| 1976 | #2,443 | 33 | 0.0023% |
| 1975 | #2,745 | 27 | 0.0019% |
| 1974 | #2,439 | 31 | 0.0021% |
| 1973 | #2,834 | 24 | 0.0016% |
| 1972 | #2,750 | 25 | 0.0016% |
| 1971 | #2,482 | 30 | 0.0018% |
| 1970 | #3,036 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 1969 | #2,590 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 1968 | #2,713 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 1967 | #2,079 | 32 | 0.0019% |
| 1966 | #4,215 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1965 | #2,748 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1964 | #2,682 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 1963 | #2,870 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1962 | #4,023 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1961 | #3,468 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1960 | #3,706 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1959 | #4,046 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1958 | #2,454 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 1957 | #2,932 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1956 | #3,503 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1955 | #3,394 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1954 | #2,785 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1953 | #3,495 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1952 | #3,049 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1951 | #5,469 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1950 | #2,662 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1949 | #4,711 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1948 | #3,609 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1946 | #4,463 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1945 | #4,603 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1940 | #3,233 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1939 | #4,302 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1937 | #4,300 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1935 | #4,265 | 5 | 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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