Paw — #8794 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Paw

The Social Security Administration has registered 255 babies named Paw between 2008 and 2024, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Paw currently holds the #8794 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Paw performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 181 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Paw shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Paw in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Paw 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 255 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.