NameTides

Aws

Aws was the #3,848 boys' name in the US in 2025 (28 babies), and #2,014 in England & Wales and #1,804 in Canada.

Aws as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Aws as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandCanadaEngland & WalesUS
Aws as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#3,848 (28)#2,014 (12)#647 (4)#1,804 (11)
2024#5,904 (15)#3,255 (6)——
2023#5,255 (18)#2,547 (8)——
2022#3,344 (35)#1,880 (12)—#1,759 (10)
2021#4,628 (21)#4,789 (3)—#2,491 (6)
2020#6,296 (13)#2,960 (6)—#1,454 (13)
2019#5,340 (17)#3,013 (6)—#2,440 (6)
2018#5,106 (18)#3,959 (4)—#2,403 (6)
2017#4,224 (24)——#2,010 (8)
2016#5,555 (16)#3,478 (5)—#2,718 (5)
2015#4,890 (19)———
2014#5,997 (14)#4,632 (3)—#2,133 (7)
2013#6,241 (13)#3,315 (5)——
2012#9,709 (7)———
2011—#3,830 (4)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #3,344.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2010.

How common is it?

about 1 in 63,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 63,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 23,000rare
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 4,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Aws is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 82,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 40,000 to 1 in 170,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Aws by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,760NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,471CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Aws (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AwsCanadaBoys#1,80411
AwsEngland & WalesBoys#2,01412
AwsScotlandBoys#6474
AwsUSBoys#3,84828