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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Awa

Awa was the 4777th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 28 babies. Its best year was 2005, when it ranked 3410th with 44 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 375 places. More babies were named Awa in the 2000s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#4,777 girls, down 4 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
28girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
200544 babies
Total since 1880
871babies recorded

Awa popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#4,77728
2020#4,77327
2010#3,57944
2000#4,41727
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How popular is Awa, counting every spelling?

Awa has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Awa?

28 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Awa (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Awa born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 298 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Awa.

Chance of another Awa in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inNew Yorkunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Awa?

About 900 people born in the US named Awa are alive today, with a median age of 16; half are between 8 and 22. That makes Awa mostly worn by children and young adults.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Awa by state

How common Awa was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New York (5.3×). In 49 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesNY0.09Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesOH0.02Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Awa, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Awa

How popular is the name Awa?

Awa was the 4777th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 28 babies. Its best year was 2005, when it ranked 3410th with 44 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 375 places. More babies were named Awa in the 2000s than in any other decade.

Is Awa a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Awa in the US.

Where is Awa most popular?

In 2021–2025, Awa was most common in New York (0.09 per 1,000 girls), followed by Ohio and Ohio.