first name
MARWA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,562 people named Marwa, 61.2% reported their origin as White, 19.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 10.8% as Black. 99.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Marwa peaked in 2025, when 119 babies got the name.
At least 2,434 babies have been given the name since 1977. 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.
Marwa by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #3,551. The largest share of babies named Marwa, 51.2%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Marwa is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Marwa has been most common in Minnesota (6.3×), Virginia (5.3×), and New York (3×), and least common in Illinois (0.57×).
1,301 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.
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