Adwoa — #10465 US girls' name
221 babies named Adwoa in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 41% of names given to girls today.
26% of everyone ever named Adwoa was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Adwoa in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Adwoa
The Social Security Administration has registered 221 babies named Adwoa between 1977 and 2024, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Adwoa currently holds the #10465 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Adwoa performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 57 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Adwoa shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Adwoa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Adwoa in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 221 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Adwoa at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Adwoa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1977
- Peak year (1989)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
Currently ranks #10465 among girls.
221 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 11 births in a single year.
Adwoa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 57 births that decade — 26% of Adwoa's all-time total
Adwoa decade highlights
- Peak decade 57 births
- Runner-up 52 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Adwoa's strongest decade
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Adwoa by state
Where Adwoa concentrates geographically — total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 2.3% |
5 of 221 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 2.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 2.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1977–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.