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Ngawang

#11,602 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Powerful speech

Ngawang has been given to 106 babies in the U.S. since 2006. In 2025 it ranked #11,602 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 10 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 77% boys, 23% girls all-time.

Babies named Ngawang, 2025

1 in 553,000

Ngawang over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Ngawang over time

In 2025, Ngawang went to 45% girls and 55% boys.

20062025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Ngawang: meaning, origin, and history

Powerful speech

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ngawang means

Ngawang means “powerful speech”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Ngawang is used in Tibetan and Bhutanese.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ŋa˩˧˨.waŋ˥˥/ for Ngawang.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 82 boys were recorded with the name Ngawang between 2006 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2022; its best national rank was #8,131 in 2022.

In the United States, 24 girls were recorded with the name Ngawang between 2013 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 8 in 2013; its best national rank was #12,828 in 2013.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Ngawang?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 553,000
6 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 285,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#11,602
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
382,984 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ngawang sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ngawang. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ngawangs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ngawang was born before 2018 — so the typical Ngawang is around 7 today.

Median birth year
2018
About 7 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
51.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
82
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Choose a decade

2010s — 51.2% of all recorded uses (42).

Is Ngawang rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+2,049
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
60.0%
Peak was 2022 (10)
Years since peak
3
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
26.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#8,131
2022

Where Ngawang is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Ngawang was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,211,258 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Ngawang has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Ngawang is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Ngawang was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,136,945 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Ngawang has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Ngawang around the world

Where Ngawang ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • France
    2016–2024
    #6,119
    in 2024

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Ngawang by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#11,602
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#8,131
2022
Peak year
2022
10 that year
First recorded
2006
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
82
Count in 2025
6

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#16,586
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#12,828
2013
Peak year
2013
8 that year
First recorded
2013
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
24
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Ngawang

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Ngawang

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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