Girls' name · since 1998
Zawadi
258 babies named Zawadi in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,318 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,625 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 258
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zawadi currently ranks #8625 among girls' names in America, with 258 babies recorded since 1998.
Social Security Administration records show Zawadi recorded 258 times among girls since 1998, holding rank #8625 nationally today, ahead of 50% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #17,318 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,625 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 258 born since 1998
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zawadi ranks #17,318 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,625 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 258 born since 1998, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,318 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,625 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 258
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zawadi's 258 recorded births place it above 76.05% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Zawadi compares
258 42nd 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
Zawadi's all-time total is 31% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zawadi | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 258 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zawadi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zawadi's full recorded timeline at 2014, 70% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 30% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1998, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zawadi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Zawadi by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (105 births, 41% of the file).
2020s was Zawadi's strongest decade.
105 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Zawadi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
44 births
- 2010s
2010s
104 births
- 2020s
2020s
105 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 105 births (41% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Zawadi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1998–2025 (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 Zawadi 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.