Girls' name · since 1977
Adwoa
Adwoa has 228 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1989 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,472 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,221 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 228
- born since 1977
- 2010s
- peak decade
228 babies have been named Adwoa since 1977, making it today's #12221 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adwoa has been recorded 228 times among girls since 1977, currently ranked #12221 nationally and more common than 29% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2025.
- #18,472 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,221 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 228 born since 1977
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adwoa ranks #18,472 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,221 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 228 born since 1977, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,472 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,221 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 228
- born since 1977
- 2010s
- peak decade
Adwoa's 228 recorded births place it above 74.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Adwoa compares
228 39th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Adwoa's all-time total is 39% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Adwoa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 228 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Adwoa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Adwoa's full recorded timeline at 2002, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1984, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1989 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Adwoa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2025
- Peak year (1989)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Adwoa by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (57 births, 25% of the file).
2010s was Adwoa's strongest decade.
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Adwoa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 13
1970s
13 births
- 1980s
1980s
26 births
- 1990s
1990s
52 births
- 2000s
2000s
52 births
- 2010s
2010s
57 births
- 2020s
2020s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 57 births (25% 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 | 2.2% |
5 of 228 births nationwide.
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What to do with Adwoa's data
- Adwoa's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (57 total births) through the 2020s (28) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Adwoas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Adwoa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~48 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1977–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Adwoa draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.