Hawo
Hawo is a name with a single cultural origin: Somali.
- Somali
Meaning & Origin of Hawo
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hawo is a name with a single cultural origin: Somali.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Somali
The Story of Hawo
The earliest SSA record of Hawo as a baby girl name dates back to 2006, when 8 babies received it. 2006 was its biggest year on record, with 8 newborns named Hawo — #12,420 in the national rankings. About 56% of every Hawo on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Hawo last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 61 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Hawo
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Hawo. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Xaawo
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About the name Hawo
Hawo is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2006 and has accumulated 61 births in the dataset. Hawo's peak popularity came in 2006 when it ranked #12,420. Use the chart and map above to compare Hawo's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.