Girls' name · since 2021
Mauwa
Mauwa has 45 recorded births since 2021 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #36,243 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,338 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 45
- born since 2021
- 2020s
- peak decade
45 babies have been named Mauwa since 2021, making it today's #8338 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mauwa has been recorded 45 times among girls since 2021, currently ranked #8338 nationally and more common than 52% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2021 to 2025.
- #36,243 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,338 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 45 born since 2021
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mauwa ranks #36,243 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,338 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 45 born since 2021, peaking in the 2020s.
- #36,243 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,338 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 45
- born since 2021
- 2020s
- peak decade
Mauwa's 45 recorded births place it above 49.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Kentucky.
How Mauwa compares
45 15th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Mauwa's all-time total is 88% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mauwa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 45 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Mauwa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mauwa's SSA record in two at 2024 and the more recent half accounts for 62% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 38%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2021, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mauwa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Mauwa by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (45 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Mauwa's strongest decade.
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Mauwa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
45 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 45 births (100% of all-time use).
Mauwa by state
Where Mauwa concentrates geographically, total births since 2021
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Kentucky | | 5 | 11.1% |
5 of 45 births nationwide.
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- Kentucky records the most Mauwas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Kentucky names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Mauwa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~4 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 2021–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Mauwa 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 August 2026.