How rare is the name Hawa?

4,022 people in the United States have the first name Hawa, about 1 in 75,095. It ranks #4,575 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

HAWA

#4,575

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,022
About
1 in 75,095
This common or more
84.2%
Who bears it

Of the 4,022 people named Hawa, 87% reported their origin as Black, 6.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 3% as White. 99.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Hawa peaked in 2024, when 125 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19782025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
125
In 2025*
111 ▼11%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 2,373 babies have been given the name since 1978. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Hawa by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #3,287. The largest share of babies named Hawa, 56%, were born in 2013 or later.

1970s#22,9486
1980s#15,02147
1990s#8,541185
2000s#4,860579
2010s#3,876880
2020s#3,287676
Generation X 1965–800.5%
Millennials 1981–966.2%
Generation Z 1997–1237.3%
2013 and later56%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Hawa is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Hawa has been most common in New York (5.5×), Washington (2.9×), and Ohio (2.7×), and least common in Texas (0.79×).

1,341 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Hawa

1 other first name also has 4,022 people.

#4,575 Stanton · 4,022

Either side of Hawa

#4,572 Taniya · 4,025#4,574 Torin · 4,023#4,575 Stanton · 4,022#4,577 Mindi · 4,021

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Hawa, most common first.

#9,048 Haya · 1,567#15,832 Hawo · 721#30,390 Hawi · 287

Also a last name

As a last name, Hawa ranks #53,526 of 156,621, with 417 people. See Hawa as a last name

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