Hiawatha · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Hiawatha.

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Its story

Popularity since 1912

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 44 recorded years as a table

Hiawatha, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1912	9
1913	11
1914	9
1916	7
1917	6
1918	6
1919	7
1920	7
1921	5
1922	7
1923	7
1925	6
1926	9
1927	7
1928	7
1929	9
1932	6
1933	10
1934	5
1935	7
1936	6
1937	6
1941	4
1943	7
1945	5
1947	3
1948	3
1949	4
1950	4
1952	4
1953	3
1954	3
1955	3
1957	5
1959	3
1960	4
1961	2
1962	3
1965	3
1966	4
1967	3
1973	5
1976	3
1977	5

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Hiawatha isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1977: 8
Rank in 1977: #6,892
How rare: 1 in 191,643 girls
Since 1912: 303

Hiawatha was last recorded in 1977. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1913, at 11 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Hiawatha doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.