Jawad
Masculine · “generous”
Jawad is generous in Arabic — and specifically the open-handed kind, from a root about giving freely and without being asked.
How old is the name Jawad?
Jawad first appears in US birth records in 1972 — 53 years ago. The typical Jawad alive today was born around 2012, making them about 13 years old. About 1,600 people named Jawad are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jawad most popular?
Jawad peaked in 2025, reaching #1919 nationally. Today it ranks #1919, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
From jud to Jawad
The story of Jawad
Generosity toward guests and strangers was the defining virtue of pre-Islamic Arab honor and survived the change of religion intact; jud and karam name it. Al-Jawad is the title of Muhammad al-Jawad, the ninth Imam. The name is used across the Muslim world and appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
generous, openhanded
From the Arabic jawad, 'generous' or 'liberal', from a root about giving abundantly. Al-Jawad is a title of God and of the ninth Shia Imam. The same root gives jud, generosity, one of the central virtues of Arab honor culture. The word is ordinary and the meaning undisputed.
How the name formed
- jud
- jawad
- Jawad
Related forms: جواد · Jawad · Javad
Pronouncing Jawad
juh-WAHD
Two syllables, stress on the second. Persian Javad uses a v where Arabic has a w.
Nicknames for Jawad
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1972
- Most boys named
- 202581 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1919reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +24.6%81 in 2025, from 65
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Jawad in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- جواد in Arabic — transliteration
- Jawad in Urdu — same name
- Javad in Persian — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Michigan, New York, California.
Jawads among us
people named Jawad are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 21,087 born in 2025 was named Jawad
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Tyrie test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Jawad's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Tyrie climbed just as high around 1991, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Tyrie's path sketches the road Jawad is walking now.
Jawad is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Jawad is headed
Jawad should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Jawad beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Jawad in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The generosity meaning is transparent, undisputed and thoroughly admirable.
- It records a virtue central to Arab culture before and after Islam.
- The end stress gives it a strong rhythm against a front-stressed surname.
- The Jaw clipping is unfortunate as an English word.
- Javad is the Persian spelling and both are in use.
- It reads as specifically Muslim.
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Frequently asked
- How many Jawads are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,600 people named Jawad are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Jawad in 2025?
- Jawad ranks #1919 among US boy names in 2025, with 81 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Jawad?
- About 1 in every 21,087 US boys born in 2025 was named Jawad — 81 in all.
- Will my child share the name Jawad with classmates?
- Jawad will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Jawad
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