Ngawang — #13248 US boys' name
76 babies named Ngawang in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 7% of names given to boys today.
55% of everyone ever named Ngawang was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Ngawang in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ngawang
The Social Security Administration has registered 76 babies named Ngawang between 2006 and 2024, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ngawang currently holds the #13248 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 10 babies received it in a single year. Ngawang is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 19 additional births since 2013.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ngawang performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 42 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Ngawang shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ngawang in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ngawang 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 76 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.
Ngawang at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ngawang popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2006
- Peak year (2022)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
Currently ranks #13248 among boys.
76 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 10 births in a single year.
Ngawang popularity over time — girls
19 total births recorded since 2013 (Ngawang as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Ngawang accounts for 20% of total recorded use across both genders.
Ngawang by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 42 births that decade — 55% of Ngawang's all-time total
Ngawang decade highlights
- Peak decade 42 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Ngawang's strongest decade
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Ngawang by state
Where Ngawang concentrates geographically — total births since 2006
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 6.6% |
5 of 76 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 6.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 6.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2006–2024 (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.