Girls' name · since 1978
Hawa
2,373 babies named Hawa in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,194 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,813 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,373
- born since 1978
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Hawa is the #1813 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,373 recorded since 1978.
Hawa has 2,373 recorded births among girls since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1813 as of the latest data, more common than 90% of girls, 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 1978 to 2025.
- #4,194 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,813 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,373 born since 1978
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hawa ranks #4,194 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,813 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,373 born since 1978, peaking in the 2010s.
- #4,194 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,813 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,373
- born since 1978
- 2010s
- peak decade
Hawa's 2,373 recorded births place it above 94.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
14 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Hawa compares
2,373 Top 21% higher than 79% 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
Hawa's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Hawa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,373 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 125 | 21 | 19,840 |
Hawa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Hawa's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 83% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 17%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1984, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 125, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Hawa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 125
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Hawa by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (880 births, 37% of the file).
2010s was Hawa's strongest decade.
880 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Hawa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 47
1980s
47 births
- 1990s 185
1990s
185 births
- 2000s
2000s
579 births
- 2010s
2010s
880 births
- 2020s
2020s
676 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 880 births (37% of all-time use).
How Hawa 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 Hawa's total volume
Hawa by state
Where Hawa concentrates geographically, total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 580 | 24.4% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 169 | 7.1% |
| #3 | California | | 154 | 6.5% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 93 | 3.9% |
| #5 | Texas | | 82 | 3.5% |
| #6 | Washington | | 63 | 2.7% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 61 | 2.6% |
| #8 | Minnesota | | 60 | 2.5% |
580 of 2,373 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Hawa appears in 14 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Hawa's data
- Hawa's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (880 total births) through the 2020s (676) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Hawas (580 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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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Hawa
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Hawa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1978–2025 (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 Hawa 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.