Girls' name · since 2009
Naw
Naw has 119 recorded births since 2009 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2017 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,237 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,324 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 119
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
119 babies have been named Naw since 2009, making it today's #14324 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Naw recorded 119 times among girls since 2009, holding rank #14324 nationally today, ahead of 17% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2025.
- #25,237 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,324 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 119 born since 2009
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Naw ranks #25,237 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,324 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 119 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.
- #25,237 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,324 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 119
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Naw's 119 recorded births place it above 65.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Naw compares
119 28th 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
Naw's all-time total is 68% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Naw | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 119 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Naw's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Naw splits its recorded history at 2015: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2009 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2017 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Naw popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Naw by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (95 births, 80% of the file).
2010s was Naw's strongest decade.
95 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 80% of all-time use.
Naw births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
95 births
- 2020s 19
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 95 births (80% of all-time use).
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- Naw's decade-level peak was the 2010s (95 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Naw: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~16 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, 2009–2025 (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 Naw 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.