Awa

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Awa: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Awa: Recorded every year since 2000, its highest recorded position is #1,530, and it stood at #2,771 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
25years from first to last
#1530highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2000–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2000	#3912
2001	#2783
2002	#1530
2003	#3594
2004	#4598
2005	#2247
2006	#1660
2007	#2233
2008	#3860
2009	#2326
2010	#2235
2011	#2025
2012	#2215
2013	#3160
2014	#1882
2015	#1783
2016	#2966
2017	#2341
2018	#4684
2019	#1703
2020	#2300
2021	#1962
2022	#3148
2023	#4709
2024	#2771

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 2000 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2000–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2000
First recorded at #3912 among girls in England and Wales in 2000 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2000–2024
Highest recorded position: #1530 among girls in England and Wales, in 2002 (recorded 2000–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2771 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Awa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Awa in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	75	10 of 10	8
2010sbusiest	114	10 of 10	11
2020s	45	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Awa appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2000 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1530 in England and Wales in 2002.

Awa's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2771	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1962	14	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2300	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1703	17	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2966	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1783	16	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1882	15	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2215	12	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2025	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2235	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2326	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2233	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1660	14	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2247	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1530	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2000 and 2024, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,530, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
25 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,771position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
17births registered in its largest year, 2019Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

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Nayana · #1530, 21y
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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Araf · #1533, 13y
Muhammad-Ibrahim · #1533, 16y
Octavian · #1533, 16y
Roary · #1533, 17y

Awa and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Awa without appearing here.

Awa moved ahead of

Carol Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4684 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1703 and #5591.
Donna Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4684 and #3518 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1703 and #5591.
Finley Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4684 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1703 and #5591.
Ellinor Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3860 and #3860 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #2326 and #5556.

Moved ahead of Awa

Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2341 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #1436.
Rory Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1962 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3148 and #1452.
Noah Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1962 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3148 and #2058.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2300 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1962 and #1286.

Moved the opposite way to Awa

Meabh Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Awa went from #1530 to #2771 while Meabh went from #2868 to #952.
Carol Compare
Between 2000 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Awa went from #3912 to #1962 while Carol went from #1313 to #3519.
Tyler Compare
Between 2000 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Awa went from #3912 to #1962 while Tyler went from #251 to #5581.
Martine Compare
Between 2000 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Awa went from #3912 to #2025 while Martine went from #748 to #4764.

Moved the same way as Awa

Dianne Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Awa went from #1530 to #2771 and Dianne from #4137 to #5891.
Teddy Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Awa went from #1530 to #2771 and Teddy from #4137 to #5891.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2000 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1530 in England and Wales in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Awa

Awa at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Awa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Awa at a glance

Awa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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