Hawa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HA-wa
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #291 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,808 for girls
Hawa is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “living, life”. In 2025 it ranked 291st for girls in the UK (168 babies) and 1,808th for girls in the US (111 babies).
What does Hawa mean?
Hebrew: Arabic form of Eve
“living, life”
Hawa is the name of Eve, the first woman, in Islamic tradition.
Is Hawa a girl's or a boy's name?
Hawa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 168 girls in the UK and 111 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hawa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 291st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 168 about 1 in 1,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 168 girls in the UK were named Hawa, making it the 291st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 344th.
2025 had the most girls named Hawa of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Hawa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 275th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Hawa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 168 | #291 |
| 2024 | 131 | #374 |
| 2023 | 133 | #361 |
| 2022 | 132 | #366 |
| 2021 | 126 | #396 |
| 2020 | 142 | #344 |
| 2019 | 121 | #396 |
| 2018 | 100 | #484 |
| 2017 | 88 | #533 |
| 2016 | 78 | #591 |
| 2015 | 68 | #657 |
| 2014 | 49 | #850 |
| 2013 | 46 | #882 |
| 2012 | 29 | #1,232 |
| 2011 | 34 | #1,092 |
| 2010 | 42 | #900 |
| 2009 | 34 | #1,019 |
| 2008 | 38 | #929 |
| 2007 | 25 | #1,204 |
| 2006 | 16 | #1,614 |
| 2005 | 19 | #1,332 |
| 2004 | 14 | #1,634 |
| 2003 | 17 | #1,369 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,649 |
| 2001 | 14 | #1,461 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 12 | #1,576 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,664 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,862 |
How popular is Hawa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,808th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 111 about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 111 girls in the US were named Hawa, making it the 1,808th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,818th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 125 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the girls named Hawa in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hawa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 111 | #1,808 |
| 2024 | 125 | #1,648 |
| 2023 | 116 | #1,762 |
| 2022 | 103 | #1,930 |
| 2021 | 113 | #1,791 |
| 2020 | 108 | #1,818 |
| 2019 | 109 | #1,850 |
| 2018 | 110 | #1,840 |
| 2017 | 104 | #1,930 |
| 2016 | 82 | #2,308 |
| 2015 | 87 | #2,169 |
| 2014 | 86 | #2,194 |
| 2013 | 76 | #2,385 |
| 2012 | 70 | #2,568 |
| 2011 | 80 | #2,326 |
| 2010 | 76 | #2,451 |
| 2009 | 85 | #2,286 |
| 2008 | 81 | #2,380 |
| 2007 | 68 | #2,684 |
| 2006 | 81 | #2,328 |
| 2005 | 57 | #2,861 |
| 2004 | 40 | #3,627 |
| 2003 | 37 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 44 | #3,192 |
| 2001 | 48 | #2,959 |
| 2000 | 38 | #3,448 |
| 1999 | 37 | #3,371 |
| 1998 | 25 | #4,363 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,014 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
Names like Hawa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hafsa, Hiba, Zainab, Ayah, Huda, Amira, Rahma, Aaliyah, Ayra, Halima, Khadija
Names related to Hawa
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, “Hawa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hawa, updated 20 October 2026.