Jadwiga — girls' name

What the Data Says About Jadwiga

The Social Security Administration has registered 85 babies named Jadwiga between 1912 and 1922, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jadwiga currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1922. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jadwiga performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 71 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Jadwiga shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Massachusetts, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Jadwiga in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jadwiga 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 85 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.