Adwoa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-JWO-a
- Origin
- Akan
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Adwoa is a girls' name of Akan origin, meaning “born on Monday”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Adwoa mean?
Akan: Akan day name
“born on Monday”
An Akan day name for a girl born on Monday; the male equivalent is Kwadwo.
Is Adwoa a girl's or a boy's name?
Adwoa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Adwoa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Adwoa, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Adwoa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Adwoa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
How popular is Adwoa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Adwoa, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1989, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Adwoa in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Adwoa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
Names like Adwoa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Adesuwa, Tiaraoluwa, Anjolaoluwa, Araoluwa, Amarachukwu, Chioma, Chisimdi, Temiloluwa, Ireoluwa, Ifeoluwa, Ayomide, Imisioluwa
More Akan names
Nana, Mansa, Ashanti, Kofi, Kwame, Ohemaa, Akosua, Obrempong, Ama, Kwabena, Akua, Kwaku, Nhyira, Abena, Kwadwo, Adom
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Adwoa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adwoa, updated 20 October 2026.