Total births
60
Girls' name · since 1970
Miwa
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.
- 60
- total births
- 1970–2017
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 42%
- born in that decade
60 girls have been named Miwa since 1970, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Miwa has 60 recorded births among girls since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2017.
- 60 total births
- 1970–2017 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 42% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
60 girls have been named Miwa since 1970, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2017.
- 60
- total births
- 1970–2017
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 42%
- born in that decade
2010s
Peak decade
42% of everyone ever named Miwa was born in this single decade.
2016
Single peak year
8 babies were named Miwa in 2016 - its busiest year on record.
Miwa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Miwa's full recorded timeline at 1999, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1970, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Miwa at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
2016
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1970
Miwa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2017
- Peak year (2016)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Miwa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Miwa's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Miwa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
17 births
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 1990s
1990s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 25 births (42% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Miwa? ▼
Since 1970, Social Security records show 60 babies named Miwa. The most recent recorded year was 2017. Its busiest year on record was 2016, with 8 births.
When was Miwa most popular? ▼
Miwa was most popular in the 2010s decade with 25 total births. The single peak year was 2016.
How long has the name Miwa been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Miwa since 1970 -- 48 years through the most recent 2017 data.
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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, 1970–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Miwa: Baby Name Since 1970 - 60 Births, Peak 2016." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/miwa. 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 Miwa 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.