Hawwa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HAW-wa
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #452 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Hawwa is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “living, life”. In 2025 it ranked 452nd for girls in the UK (98 babies) and 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Hawwa mean?
Hebrew: Arabic form of Eve
“living, life”
A closer spelling of the Arabic Hawwa, the name of Eve, the first woman, in Islamic tradition.
Is Hawwa a girl's or a boy's name?
Hawwa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 98 girls in the UK and 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hawwa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 452nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 98 about 1 in 2,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 98 girls in the UK were named Hawwa, making it the 452nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 823rd.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Hawwa of any year since it first appeared, in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Hawwa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 413th in England and Wales.
Hawwa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 98 | #452 |
| 2024 | 87 | #511 |
| 2023 | 65 | #623 |
| 2022 | 52 | #757 |
| 2021 | 57 | #720 |
| 2020 | 48 | #823 |
| 2019 | 58 | #728 |
| 2018 | 50 | #821 |
| 2017 | 47 | #883 |
| 2016 | 48 | #850 |
| 2015 | 42 | #933 |
| 2014 | 37 | #1,037 |
| 2013 | 31 | #1,188 |
| 2012 | 31 | #1,179 |
| 2011 | 31 | #1,165 |
| 2010 | 25 | #1,344 |
| 2009 | 16 | #1,763 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,745 |
| 2007 | 20 | #1,421 |
| 2006 | 19 | #1,418 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,912 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
How popular is Hawwa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,883rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 120,000 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, 13 girls in the US were named Hawwa, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 2010.
2025 had more girls named Hawwa than any year since 2014.
Half of all the girls named Hawwa in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hawwa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
Names like Hawwa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hafsa, Hiba, Hawa, Abeeha, Rahma, Ayra, Huda, Irha, Nusaybah, Aiza, Safaa
Names related to Hawwa
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, “Hawwa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hawwa, updated 20 October 2026.