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Hawa

Gender

Female

Origin

African
Swahili name meaning longing.

Pronunciation

ha-wa

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 2024 (rank #1649, 124 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1808, 111 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
2025111
2024124
2023116
2022103
2021113
2020108
2019109
2018110
2017104
201682

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #275, 165 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
2025165
2024131
2023131
2022131
2021125
2020142
2019119
201897
201786
201678

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #203, 306 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
2023306
2022272
2021240
2020253
2019251
2018244
2017224
2016220
2015174
2014195

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #780, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
20253
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
20183
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence