Total births
17
Girls' name · since 2005
Hiwot
17 babies named Hiwot in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 17
- total births
- 2005–2014
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 71%
- born in that decade
Hiwot is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 17 have been recorded since 2005.
Hiwot has 17 recorded births among girls since 2005, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2014.
- 17 total births
- 2005–2014 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 71% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
17 girls have been named Hiwot since 2005, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2014.
- 17
- total births
- 2005–2014
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 71%
- born in that decade
2000s
Peak decade
71% of everyone ever named Hiwot was born in this single decade.
2007
Single peak year
7 babies were named Hiwot in 2007 - its busiest year on record.
Hiwot's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Hiwot's full recorded timeline at 2007, 71% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 29% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2005, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Hiwot at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
2007
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
2005
Hiwot popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2014
- Peak year (2007)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Hiwot by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Hiwot's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Hiwot births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 12 births (71% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Hiwot? ▼
Since 2005, Social Security records show 17 babies named Hiwot. The most recent recorded year was 2014. Its busiest year on record was 2007, with 7 births.
When was Hiwot most popular? ▼
Hiwot was most popular in the 2000s decade with 12 total births. The single peak year was 2007.
How long has the name Hiwot been used? ▼
Records for Hiwot go back to 2005, giving 10 years of history through 2014.
What to do with Hiwot's data
- Hiwot's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (12 total births) through the 2010s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 2005–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Cite this page
NameAlmanac Editorial. "Hiwot: Baby Name Since 2005 - 17 Births, Peak 2007." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/hiwot. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Hiwot 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 July 2026.