Boys' name · since 1995
Awad
152 babies named Awad in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,641 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,691 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 152
- born since 1995
- 2010s
- peak decade
152 babies have been named Awad since 1995, making it today's #12691 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Awad has been recorded 152 times among boys since 1995, currently ranked #12691 nationally and more common than 9% of boys, 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 1995 to 2025.
- #14,641 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,691 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 152 born since 1995
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Awad ranks #14,641 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,691 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 152 born since 1995, peaking in the 2010s.
- #14,641 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,691 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 152
- born since 1995
- 2010s
- peak decade
Awad's 152 recorded births place it above 67.72% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Awad compares
152 33rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Awad's all-time total is 59% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Awad | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 152 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 34 | 22,252 |
Awad's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Awad splits its recorded history at 2011: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1995 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2014 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Awad popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Awad by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (68 births, 45% of the file).
2010s was Awad's strongest decade.
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Awad births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 22
1990s
22 births
- 2000s
2000s
45 births
- 2010s
2010s
68 births
- 2020s 17
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 68 births (45% of all-time use).
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What to do with Awad's data
- Awad's decade-level peak was the 2010s (68 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Awad: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1995–2025 (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 Awad 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.