Boys' name · since 1971
Jawanza
201 babies named Jawanza in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 201
- total births
- 1971–2002
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
201 boys have been named Jawanza since 1971, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jawanza has been recorded 201 times among boys since 1971, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2002.
- 201 total births
- 1971–2002 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 50% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jawanza's 201 recorded births place it above 72% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.
Jawanza's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jawanza's full recorded timeline at 1991, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1974, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1993 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jawanza popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2002
- Peak year (1993)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Jawanza popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 1993 (Jawanza as girls' name)
Jawanza by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Jawanza's strongest decade.
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Jawanza births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
71 births
- 1980s 14
1980s
14 births
- 1990s
1990s
100 births
- 2000s 16
2000s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 100 births (50% of all-time use).
Jawanza by state
Where Jawanza concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
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What to do with Jawanza's data
- Jawanza's decade-level peak was the 1990s (100 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Jawanzas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
- 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, 1971–2002 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jawanza: Baby Name Since 1971 - 201 Births, Peak 1993." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jawanza. 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 Jawanza 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.