Ngawang
Ngawang is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Ngawang Tashi Bapu, former Principal Chant Master of Drepung Loseling Monastery Ngawang Choephel, documentary filmmaker, director, producer, and musician Ngawang Jigme Drakpa, the last ruling prince of Tsang of the Rinpungpa dynasty Ngawang Tashi Drakpa (1488–1564), king of Tibet who ruled in 1499–1554 and 1556/57–1564 Ngawang Drakpa…
- Tibetan
- Bhutanese
Meaning & Origin of Ngawang
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ngawang is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Ngawang Tashi Bapu, former Principal Chant Master of Drepung Loseling Monastery Ngawang Choephel, documentary filmmaker, director, producer, and musician Ngawang Jigme Drakpa, the last ruling prince of Tsang of the Rinpungpa dynasty Ngawang Tashi Drakpa (1488–1564), king of Tibet who ruled in 1499–1554 and 1556/57–1564 Ngawang Drakpa…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Tibetan
- Bhutanese
The Story of Ngawang
As a girl name
Ngawang first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 2013, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2013: 8 births, good for #11,967 nationwide. Ngawang last appeared in the published SSA data in 2018, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 19 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Ngawang first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 2006, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2022: 10 births, good for #7,764 nationwide. About 55% of every Ngawang on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Ngawang last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 76 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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About the name Ngawang
Ngawang is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2006 and has accumulated 76 births in the dataset. Ngawang's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #7,764. Use the chart and map above to compare Ngawang'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 .
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