Recorded 2005–2014 Girls' name Peak 2007 17 births

Hiwot — girls' name

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.

2000s122010s5
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.

What the Data Says About Hiwot

The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Hiwot between 2005 and 2014, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hiwot currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hiwot performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Hiwot shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hiwot 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.

Hiwot at a glance

Last recorded 2014

Total births

17

Since 2005

10 years of records

Peak year

2007

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2014

Active since

2005

Recorded for 10 years

Last year on file: 2014

Hiwot popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2005

Last recorded 2014
Peak year (2007)
7
Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 201420072005 5

Hiwot by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
12 births that decade — 71% of Hiwot's all-time total
2000s122010s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Hiwot?
17 babies have been named Hiwot since 2005. It was last recorded in 2014. The peak year 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?
Hiwot has been recorded in Social Security data since 2005, spanning 10 years of data through 2014.

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, 2005–2014 (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.