boys:
1.5k births since 1972
#3147 (31st percentile)
overall:
1.5k births since 1972
#6239 (19th percentile)
The name Jawad is the #6,239 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,506 recorded births since 1972. This represents the 19.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 19.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,147 (31.3% percentile) for all time with 1,506 births since 1972.
Jawad first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1972 (first recorded for boys in 1972). Birth data for Jawad is available in 48 out of the 52 years between 1972 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Jawad reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 7.8% percentile (ranked #840) with 42 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 42 births per million (ranked 7.8% percentile). Despite a peak around 1994, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Jawad is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #840 (7.8% percentile) with 42 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jawad".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Jawad. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 43.2% confident that Jawad is pronounced as juh-WAHD, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is jah-WAHD, at 29.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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