Fadwa — girls' name
17 babies named Fadwa in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Fadwa was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Fadwa in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Fadwa
The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Fadwa between 1984 and 2008, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Fadwa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Fadwa performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 7 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Fadwa shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Fadwa 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 17 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.
Fadwa at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Fadwa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1984
- Peak year (2008)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
17 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 7 births in a single year.
Fadwa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 7 births that decade — 41% of Fadwa's all-time total
Fadwa decade highlights
- Peak decade 7 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Fadwa's strongest decade
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
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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, 1984–2008 (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.