Girls' name · since 1975
Arwa
1,401 babies named Arwa in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,965 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,951 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,401
- born since 1975
- 2020s
- peak decade
Arwa currently ranks #1951 among girls' names in America, with 1,401 babies recorded since 1975.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arwa has been recorded 1,401 times among girls since 1975, currently ranked #1951 nationally and more common than 89% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.
- #5,965 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,951 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,401 born since 1975
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arwa ranks #5,965 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,951 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,401 born since 1975, peaking in the 2020s.
- #5,965 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,951 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,401
- born since 1975
- 2020s
- peak decade
Arwa's 1,401 recorded births place it above 91.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
14 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Arwa compares
1,401 Top 27% higher than 73% of 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
Arwa's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Arwa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,401 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 99 | 21 | 19,840 |
Arwa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Arwa's SSA record in two at 2002 and the more recent half accounts for 81% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 19%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1975, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 99, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Arwa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 99
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Arwa by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (482 births, 34% of the file).
2020s was Arwa's strongest decade.
482 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Arwa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s 101
1980s
101 births
- 1990s 119
1990s
119 births
- 2000s
2000s
220 births
- 2010s
2010s
468 births
- 2020s
2020s
482 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 482 births (34% of all-time use).
How Arwa compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Arwa's total volume
Arwa by state
Where Arwa concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 110 | 7.9% |
| #2 | California | | 78 | 5.6% |
| #3 | Texas | | 68 | 4.9% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 64 | 4.6% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 23 | 1.6% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 14 | 1.0% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 13 | 0.9% |
| #8 | Minnesota | | 10 | 0.7% |
110 of 1,401 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Arwa appears in 14 states. Explore state details →
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- New York records the most Arwas (110 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Arwa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
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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, 1975–2025 (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 Arwa 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.