Miwa — girls' name
60 babies named Miwa in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
42% of everyone ever named Miwa was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Miwa in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Miwa
The Social Security Administration has registered 60 babies named Miwa between 1970 and 2017, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Miwa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Miwa performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 25 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Miwa shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Miwa 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 60 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.
Miwa at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Miwa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1970
- Peak year (2016)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
60 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 8 births in a single year.
Miwa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 25 births that decade — 42% of Miwa's all-time total
Miwa decade highlights
- Peak decade 25 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Miwa's strongest decade
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
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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, 1970–2017 (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.