Naw
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NAW
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Naw is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Naw mean?
Karen, from Myanmar
In Karen communities from Myanmar, Naw is a title for a woman or girl, placed before her given name.
Is Naw a girl's or a boy's name?
Naw is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Naw in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Naw, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2017, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 2009.
Half of all the girls named Naw in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Naw in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
Names like Naw
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Noa Kehlani Naylani Kaylani Kailani Meilani Malani Nalani Nailani Ailany Kalani Milani
Sources
Figures from 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, “Naw: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/naw, updated 20 October 2026.