# Jawad (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jawad/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Jaouad |
| US babies named this | 1,653 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,653 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 639, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَوَاد (jawād).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 54 | 2,359 |
| 2012 | 41 | 2,885 |
| 2013 | 43 | 2,737 |
| 2014 | 59 | 2,263 |
| 2015 | 53 | 2,420 |
| 2016 | 60 | 2,246 |
| 2017 | 69 | 2,042 |
| 2018 | 58 | 2,314 |
| 2019 | 72 | 2,029 |
| 2020 | 59 | 2,305 |
| 2021 | 59 | 2,336 |
| 2022 | 54 | 2,536 |
| 2023 | 76 | 2,009 |
| 2024 | 65 | 2,218 |
| 2025 | 81 | 1,925 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 20 | 1,251 |
| 2012 | 21 | 1,229 |
| 2013 | 22 | 1,147 |
| 2014 | 17 | 1,421 |
| 2015 | 21 | 1,236 |
| 2016 | 16 | 1,570 |
| 2017 | 21 | 1,247 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,683 |
| 2019 | 20 | 1,253 |
| 2020 | 19 | 1,314 |
| 2021 | 13 | 1,782 |
| 2022 | 26 | 1,084 |
| 2023 | 23 | 1,207 |
| 2024 | 27 | 1,076 |
| 2025 | 25 | 1,153 |

## People named Jawad

- Jawad El Yamiq, association football player
- Jawad Williams, American basketball player (born 1983)
- Jawad El Hajri, Footballer (born 1979)
- Zayn Malik, English singer
- Jaouad Akaddar, football player (1984-2012)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.