Ava vs Isabella

Ava is the more popular girl name in Canada, #11 to #23 in 2023. Isabella is the more popular girl name in the United States, #7 to #9 in 2024. The two countries disagree on which is ahead.

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.

AvaIsabella#1#50#100#250Canada#11 → #23 ↓12United States#9 → #7 ↑2Alberta#6 → #18 ↓12British Columbia#8 → #24 ↓16Ontario#6 → #16 ↓10Quebec#141 → #113 ↑28
PlaceYear Ava Isabella Ahead
Canada2023#11#23Ava
United States2024#9#7Isabella
Alberta2024#6#18Ava
British Columbia2024#8#24Ava
Ontario2024#6#16Ava
Quebec2024#141#113Isabella

Ava and Isabella in Canada, 2020–2023

Ava slipped from #7 in 2020 to #11 in 2023 in Canada. Isabella climbed from #30 in 2020 to #23 in 2023 in Canada.

#1#50#11 Ava#23 Isabella2020202120222023

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Ava and Isabella in the United States, 2020–2024

Ava slipped from #3 in 2020 to #9 in 2024 in the United States. Isabella stood at #7 in 2024, matching its 2020 rank in the United States. Isabella passed Ava in 2022.

#1#10#7 Isabella#9 Ava20202021202220232024

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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.