Jawad
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ja-WAHD
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,220 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,919 for boys
Jawad is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “generous”. In 2025 it ranked 1,220th for boys in the UK (25 babies) and 1,919th for boys in the US (81 babies).
What does Jawad mean?
Arabic
“generous”
Al-Jawad, the Generous, was the title of Muhammad al-Jawad, the ninth Shia imam.
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Is Jawad a girl's or a boy's name?
Jawad is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 boys in the UK and 81 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jawad in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,220among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 25 boys in the UK were named Jawad, making it the 1,220th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,412th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 33 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jawad in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,153rd in England and Wales.
Jawad in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #1,220 |
| 2024 | 27 | #1,137 |
| 2023 | 25 | #1,214 |
| 2022 | 26 | #1,157 |
| 2021 | 14 | #1,791 |
| 2020 | 19 | #1,412 |
| 2019 | 20 | #1,351 |
| 2018 | 18 | #1,486 |
| 2017 | 22 | #1,290 |
| 2016 | 17 | #1,591 |
| 2015 | 21 | #1,324 |
| 2014 | 17 | #1,511 |
| 2013 | 22 | #1,241 |
| 2012 | 22 | #1,278 |
| 2011 | 20 | #1,338 |
| 2010 | 21 | #1,288 |
| 2009 | 22 | #1,214 |
| 2008 | 33 | #905 |
| 2007 | 20 | #1,257 |
| 2006 | 33 | #842 |
| 2005 | 29 | #866 |
| 2004 | 27 | #864 |
| 2003 | 23 | #923 |
| 2002 | 22 | #891 |
| 2001 | 22 | #845 |
| 2000 | 26 | #743 |
| 1999 | 16 | #1,001 |
| 1998 | 14 | #1,062 |
| 1997 | 17 | #941 |
| 1996 | 14 | #1,021 |
How popular is Jawad in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,919among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 81about 1 in 21,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 81 boys in the US were named Jawad, making it the 1,919th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,291st. It first appears in the records in 1972.
2025 had the most boys named Jawad of any year since it first appeared, in 1972.
Half of all the boys named Jawad in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jawad in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 81 | #1,919 |
| 2024 | 65 | #2,210 |
| 2023 | 76 | #1,998 |
| 2022 | 54 | #2,516 |
| 2021 | 59 | #2,320 |
| 2020 | 59 | #2,291 |
| 2019 | 72 | #2,019 |
| 2018 | 58 | #2,299 |
| 2017 | 69 | #2,032 |
| 2016 | 60 | #2,228 |
| 2015 | 53 | #2,411 |
| 2014 | 59 | #2,254 |
| 2013 | 43 | #2,713 |
| 2012 | 41 | #2,867 |
| 2011 | 54 | #2,345 |
| 2010 | 44 | #2,729 |
| 2009 | 41 | #2,893 |
| 2008 | 41 | #2,878 |
| 2007 | 47 | #2,602 |
| 2006 | 42 | #2,743 |
| 2005 | 37 | #2,842 |
| 2004 | 34 | #2,949 |
| 2003 | 41 | #2,503 |
| 2002 | 28 | #3,184 |
| 2001 | 38 | #2,515 |
| 2000 | 28 | #3,069 |
| 1999 | 31 | #2,718 |
| 1998 | 20 | #3,593 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 24 | #3,016 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,655 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 23 | #2,822 |
| 1990 | 21 | #2,946 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 13 | #2,900 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
Names like Jawad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Hamza Ahmed Fahad Zayd Abdullah Musa Umar Ahad Hammad Mustafa Khalid
Names related to Jawad
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo
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, “Jawad: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jawad, updated 20 October 2026.