Baby Names US
girls' name ★ peaked 2024

Hawa

Meaning Hawa is a feminine given name Gender Girl Rank 2025 #1,813 Trend ↑ Rising 11%

Hawa is a feminine given name.

Rank 2025
#1,813
among girls · ↓164 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
111
named Hawa · -11% vs 2024
How common
1 in 14,480
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2024
125 babies
All-time total
2,373
#4,195 all-time among girls
First recorded
1978
in Social Security records

Hawa popularity over time

2,373 babies have been named Hawa since 1978, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2024Girls

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – –
1890s – – – –
1900s – – – –
1910s – – – –
1920s – – – –
1930s – – – –
1940s – – – –
1950s – – – –
1960s – – – –
1970s 6 1 – #8,916
1980s 47 5 +683% #6,679
1990s 185 19 +294% #3,393
2000s 579 58 +213% #2,293
2010s 880 88 +52% #1,842
2020s (to 2025) 676 113 +28% #1,649

Where Hawa is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 113 0.07 outside top 500
2027 114 0.07 outside top 500
2028 115 0.07 outside top 500
2029 116 0.07 outside top 500
2030 117 0.07 outside top 500

Where Hawa is most popular

Girls named Hawa per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.070 per 1,000. Strongest in Virginia, New York, and Minnesota.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Hawa born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Virginia 45 0.264 +277%
New York 96 0.242 +246%
Minnesota 23 0.213 +204%
Ohio 49 0.207 +195%
Washington 22 0.152 +118%
Maryland 16 0.151 +116%
Pennsylvania 34 0.144 +105%
California 64 0.076 +9%
New Jersey 13 0.072 ≈ national
Texas 28 0.035 -50%
Alaska – – –
Alabama – – –
Arkansas – – –
Arizona – – –
Colorado – – –
Connecticut – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Florida – – –
Georgia – – –
Hawaii – – –
Iowa – – –
Idaho – – –
Illinois – – –
Indiana – – –
Kansas – – –
Kentucky – – –
Louisiana – – –
Massachusetts – – –
Maine – – –
Michigan – – –
Missouri – – –
Mississippi – – –
Montana – – –
North Carolina – – –
North Dakota – – –
Nebraska – – –
New Hampshire – – –
New Mexico – – –
Nevada – – –
Oklahoma – – –
Oregon – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Carolina – – –
South Dakota – – –
Tennessee – – –
Utah – – –
Vermont – – –
Wisconsin – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Hawa

Hawa is rare for girls in the United States, ranked #1,813 in 2025 with 111 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1978, 2,373 American babies have been named Hawa. Its peak came in 2024, when 125 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Hawa stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Hawa?

The median living Hawa is about 11 years old; half are between 5 and 18. An estimated 2,400 people named Hawa are alive in the United States today.

median 11 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Hawa year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank
2025 111 #1,813
2024 125 #1,649
2023 116 #1,766
2022 103 #1,935
2021 113 #1,793
2020 108 #1,824
2019 109 #1,853
2018 110 #1,842
2017 104 #1,935
2016 82 #2,315
2015 87 #2,175
2014 86 #2,204
2013 76 #2,390
2012 70 #2,574
2011 80 #2,332
2010 76 #2,463
2009 85 #2,293
2008 81 #2,384
2007 68 #2,692
2006 81 #2,332
2005 57 #2,881
2004 40 #3,653
2003 37 #3,759
2002 44 #3,210
2001 48 #2,976
2000 38 #3,476
1995 19 #5,092
1990 14 #6,245
1985 – –
1980 6 #9,493
1975 – –
1970 – –
1965 – –
1960 – –
1955 – –
1950 – –
1945 – –
1940 – –
1935 – –
1930 – –
1925 – –
1920 – –
1915 – –
1910 – –
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1895 – –
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1885 – –
1880 – –

Famous people named Hawa

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Hawa Abdi Hawa Abdi Somali activist, physician (1947–2020) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Hawa, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Hawa?

The median living Hawa is about 11 years old. Half of all living Hawas are between 5 and 18 years old.

How many people named Hawa are alive today?

An estimated 2,400 people named Hawa are alive in the United States, based on 2,373 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Hawa mean?

Hawa is a feminine given name.

How popular is the name Hawa in 2025?

Hawa ranked #1,813 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 111 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Hawa?

2,373 babies have been named Hawa in the United States since 1978, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Hawa most popular?

Hawa peaked in 2024, when 125 newborns received the name.

Is Hawa a boy or girl name?

Hawa is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Hawa rising or falling?

Hawa is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Hawa become more popular?

Hawa looks stable. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 117 girls named Hawa in 2030, ranking outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Hawa?

Well-known people named Hawa include Hawa Abdi (social activist).

Names like Hawa

Names that sound and feel close to Hawa: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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