Rahwa — girls' name
34 babies named Rahwa in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
85% of everyone ever named Rahwa was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Rahwa in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rahwa
The Social Security Administration has registered 34 babies named Rahwa between 1984 and 1994, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rahwa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rahwa performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 29 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Rahwa shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rahwa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rahwa 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 34 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.
Rahwa at a glance
Last recorded 1994Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rahwa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1984
- Peak year (1992)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1994.
34 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 11 births in a single year.
Rahwa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 29 births that decade — 85% of Rahwa's all-time total
Rahwa decade highlights
- Peak decade 29 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Rahwa's strongest decade
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 85% of all-time use.
Rahwa by state
Where Rahwa concentrates geographically — total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 14.7% |
5 of 34 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 14.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 14.7% 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, 1984–1994 (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.