Unisex name · since 2009
Bawi
Bawi has 225 recorded births since 2009 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,252 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,459 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 225
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
225 babies have been named Bawi since 2009, making it today's #9459 unisex name.
Bawi has 225 recorded births among boys since 2009, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9459 as of the latest data, more common than 32% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2025.
- #12,252 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,459 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 225 born since 2009
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bawi ranks #12,252 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,459 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 225 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,252 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,459 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 225
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Bawi's 225 recorded births place it above 73.01% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Indiana.
How Bawi compares
225 40th 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
Bawi's all-time total is 39% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Bawi | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 225 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 32 | 34 | 22,252 |
Bawi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Bawi's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 41% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 59%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2009, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2015 peak of 32, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Bawi popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Bawi popularity over time - girls
41 total births recorded since 2011 (Bawi as girls' name)
Bawi by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (167 births, 74% of the file).
2010s was Bawi's strongest decade.
167 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 74% of all-time use.
Bawi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
167 births
- 2020s 52
2020s
52 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 167 births (74% of all-time use).
Bawi by state
Where Bawi concentrates geographically, total births since 2009
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What to do with Bawi's data
- Bawi's decade-level peak was the 2010s (167 total births); usage has since declined to 52 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Indiana records the most Bawis (41 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Indiana 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 Bawi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~16 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, 2009–2025 (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 Bawi 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.