Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls
Awa is an African feminine given name derived from Eve Awa Marie Coll Seck Awa Dia, Senegalese-American Neo City Ambassador Awa Dioum-Ndiaye, Senegalese retired female track and field athlete Awa Fam, Spanish basketball player Awa Gueye, Senegalese women's basketball player Awa Santesson-Sey, Swedish singer Hawa Hawa Ghasia, Tanzanian politician Hawa Yakubu, Ghanaian politician Zainab Hawa Bangura, Sierra Leona politician Awa is also a New Zealand Māori word that means 'river' often used in given names or part of a name.
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Awa yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
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Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 6 | #11,902 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,724 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,138 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,760 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,910 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,416 |
| 1999 | 25 | #4,460 |
| 2000 | 27 | #4,417 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,211 |
| 2002 | 32 | #3,988 |
| 2003 | 40 | #3,539 |
| 2004 | 38 | #3,753 |
| 2005 | 44 | #3,410 |
| 2006 | 28 | #4,972 |
| 2007 | 28 | #5,113 |
| 2008 | 35 | #4,370 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,130 |
| 2010 | 44 | #3,578 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,599 |
| 2012 | 37 | #4,059 |
| 2013 | 32 | #4,438 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,825 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,151 |
| 2016 | 29 | #4,753 |
| 2017 | 27 | #4,941 |
| 2018 | 32 | #4,366 |
| 2019 | 32 | #4,353 |
| 2020 | 27 | #4,771 |
| 2021 | 30 | #4,522 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,685 |
| 2023 | 33 | #4,278 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,446 |
