Lawaia — boys' name

What the Data Says About Lawaia

The Social Security Administration has registered 27 babies named Lawaia between 2011 and 2023, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lawaia currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lawaia performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Lawaia shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lawaia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lawaia 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 27 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.