Hawa

Peak · girls
2024 · 125 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,373
since 1978

Hawa over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Hawa has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank197019801990200020102020girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#1,808111
2024#1,648125
2023#1,762116
2022#1,930103
2021#1,791113
2020#1,818108
2019#1,850109
2018#1,840110
2017#1,930104
2016#2,30882
2015#2,16987
2014#2,19486
2013#2,38576
2012#2,56870
2011#2,32680
2010#2,45176
2009#2,28685
2008#2,38081
2007#2,68468
2006#2,32881
2005#2,86557
2004#3,63140
2003#3,73137
2002#3,19644
2001#2,96348
2000#3,45338
1999#3,37437
1998#4,36625
1997#5,41718
1996#4,88320
1995#5,01919
1994#5,98415
1993#7,03812
1992#6,00815
1991#7,98710
1990#6,13114
1989#6,53112
1988#6,66611
1987#11,3255
1986#7,7498
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1984#10,4225
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1980#9,0956
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1978#8,5626
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First appearance
1978

The first year at least five girls were named Hawa! It came in at #8,562, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1979, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Hawa is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Hawa, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Hawa, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Hawa, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Hawa, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Hawa, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Hawa, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Hawa, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Hawa, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #835 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,296 girlsMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Hawa, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Hawa, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Hawa, so not publishedMINew York: #902 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 4,608 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Hawa, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Hawa, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Hawa, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Hawa, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Hawa, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Hawa, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Hawa, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Hawa, so not publishedINOhio: #878 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,727 girlsOHPennsylvania: #1,108 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,670 girlsPANew Jersey: #1,168 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,100 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Hawa, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,409 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 10,108 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Hawa, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Hawa, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Hawa, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Hawa, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Hawa, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Hawa, so not publishedWVVirginia: #936 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,820 girlsVAMaryland: #840 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,997 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Hawa, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Hawa, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Hawa, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Hawa, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Hawa, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Hawa, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Hawa, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Hawa, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Hawa, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Hawa, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Hawa, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Hawa, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Hawa, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Hawa, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Hawa, so not publishedHITexas: #2,921 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 26,757 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Hawa, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Minnesota#835 · 1 in 4,296
  2. Maryland#840 · 1 in 3,997
  3. Ohio#878 · 1 in 4,727
  4. New York#902 · 1 in 4,608
  5. Virginia#936 · 1 in 4,820

Best ever in a state: #443 in Maryland, 2019.

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Minnesota#83551 in 4,296
Maryland#84051 in 3,997
Ohio#878101 in 4,727
New York#902171 in 4,608
Virginia#93671 in 4,820
Pennsylvania#1,10871 in 6,670
New Jersey#1,16851 in 7,100
California#1,409161 in 10,108
Texas#2,92161 in 26,757
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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See more about Hawa
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 160 spots since 2024 (#1,648 → #1,808)
  • 10 spots since 2020 (#1,818 → #1,808)
Rise & fade · girls
46 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1978
  • Peaked 2024 at #1,648 (125 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 12,962
  • Highest: 1 in 12,962 girls born in 2024 were named Hawa (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 14,480 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 37.1% of all girls named Hawa (880) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s6#8,562 (1978)#8,562
1980s47#6,531 (1989)#8,631
1990s185#3,374 (1999)#5,621
2000s579#2,286 (2009)#2,952
2010s880#1,840 (2018)#2,202
2020s676#1,648 (2024)#1,793

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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