Awa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AH-wa
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,509 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,757 for girls
Awa is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “living, life”. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 4,757th for girls in the US (28 babies).
What does Awa mean?
Hebrew: West African form of Hawa (Eve), via Arabic
“living, life”
The usual form of Eve among Muslim families in Senegal, Mali, Guinea and the Gambia.
Is Awa a girl's or a boy's name?
Awa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 28 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Awa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,509among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Awa, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 18 girls.
Half of all the girls named Awa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
Awa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 14 | #2,069 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 18 | #1,729 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,900 |
| 2014 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 12 | #2,319 |
| 2011 | 13 | #2,152 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,764 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,649 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
How popular is Awa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,757among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28about 1 in 57,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the US were named Awa, making it the 4,757th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,755th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 44 girls. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the girls named Awa in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Awa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #4,757 |
| 2024 | 24 | #5,297 |
| 2023 | 33 | #4,274 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,668 |
| 2021 | 30 | #4,503 |
| 2020 | 27 | #4,755 |
| 2019 | 32 | #4,342 |
| 2018 | 32 | #4,356 |
| 2017 | 27 | #4,920 |
| 2016 | 29 | #4,733 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,125 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 32 | #4,420 |
| 2012 | 37 | #4,046 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 44 | #3,571 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 35 | #4,359 |
| 2007 | 28 | #5,095 |
| 2006 | 28 | #4,952 |
| 2005 | 44 | #3,400 |
| 2004 | 38 | #3,744 |
| 2003 | 40 | #3,528 |
| 2002 | 32 | #3,974 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 27 | #4,395 |
| 1999 | 25 | #4,440 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
Names like Awa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hawa Amira Arwa Hafsa Ayla Ayra Hiba Ayah Anjolaoluwa Aiza Aaliyah
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
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, “Awa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/awa, updated 20 October 2026.