Bawi was the #8,910 boys' name in the US in 2025 (8 babies).
Bawi as a boy’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2025
#8,910 (8)
2024
#8,312 (9)
2023
#10,821 (6)
2022
#9,823 (7)
2021
#8,825 (8)
2020
#5,980 (14)
2019
#8,215 (9)
2018
#4,918 (19)
2017
#6,685 (12)
2016
#4,776 (20)
2015
#3,431 (32)
2014
#5,997 (14)
2013
#4,981 (18)
2012
#4,533 (21)
2011
#5,675 (15)
Bawi as a girl’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2019
#12,448 (7)
2017
#12,713 (7)
2016
#14,331 (6)
2015
#10,866 (9)
2013
#14,582 (6)
2011
#14,824 (6)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 2015 at #3,431.
Falling over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 2009.
In 2019, 44% of US babies named Bawi were girls.
How common is it?
about 1 in 200,000 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.
Next year
On its recent trend, Bawi is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 200,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 160,000 to 1 in 270,000.