Zawadi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- zah-WAH-dee
- Origin
- Swahili
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Zawadi is a girls' name of Swahili origin, meaning “gift”. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Zawadi mean?
Swahili
“gift”
From the Swahili word for 'gift', used in East Africa and by some African American families.
Is Zawadi a girl's or a boy's name?
Zawadi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zawadi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,360th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Zawadi, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Zawadi in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zawadi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
Names like Zawadi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah, Zaliyah, Zamira, Zahara, Zaya, Aaliyah, Hadassah, Zainab, Naziyah, Zayla, Kaliyah, Safa
Names related to Zawadi
More Swahili names
Zuri, Imani, Malaika, Emani, Jabari, Zhuri, Imara, Maisha, Asante, Imaani, Malaikah, Taraji, Xuri, Zuriyah, Johari, Simba
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, “Zawadi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zawadi, updated 20 October 2026.