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Hawa

Girl's name · #1813 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Hawa reached its best rank, #1649, in 2024 and ranked #1813 in 2025. About 2,400 girls have carried it since 1978.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 10 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#184 in France (2025) · #275 in England & Wales (2025) · #499 in Belgium (2025) · #683 in Canada (2025) · #780 in Scotland (2025) · #782 in Sweden (2025) · #911 in Italy (2024) · #924 in Austria (2025) · #2,099 in Switzerland (2025) · #6,311 in Ecuador (2025) · #913 in Netherlands (2024).

Famous Hawas

• Hawa Abdi — Somali activist, physician (1947–2020)
• Hawa N'Diaye — Senegalese handball player (born 1995)
• Hawa Yakubu — Ghanaian politician (1948–2007)
• Hawa Cissoko — French footballer (born 1997)
• Hawa Abdi Samatar — First Lady of Somalia (died 2022)

In stories & tradition

• Hawa^de — Eve in Mandaeism

What Hawas become

Among 75 notable people named Hawa:

Sports figures appear 1.73× more often than among typical names — e.g. Hawa N'Diaye, Senegalese handball player (born 1995).

Similar names: Fatoumata · Arwa · Aleyah · Halima · Amyrah · Ziya

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