Hawa

“Form of Eve, the first woman in Abrahamic tradition” — Arabic origin

Girl's name · #1813 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Hawa reached its best rank, #1649, in 2024 and ranked #1813 in 2025. About 2,400 girls have carried it since 1978. Across the Northeast it runs about twice its national rate.

Around the world: about 1 in 930 girls in France (2025) · about 1 in 1,500 girls in England & Wales (2025) · about 1 in 2,300 girls in Belgium (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 10 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Hawas

Hawa Abdi — Somalian physician, activist (1947-2020)
Hawa Abdallah Mohammed Salih — Sudanese activist
Hawa Yakubu — Ghanaian politician (1948–2007)
Hawa Ahmed Youssouf — Djiboutian politician
Hawa N'Diaye — French-Senegalese handball player

In stories & tradition

Hawa — mythical character

What Hawas become

Among 75 notable people named Hawa:

Sports figures appear 1.73× more often than among typical names — e.g. Hawa N'Diaye, French-Senegalese handball player.

Similar names: Fatoumata · Arwa · Aleyah · Ziya · Amyrah · Halima

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