UK girl's name
Jowita
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2019. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Jowita is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Jowita popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2019 in this profile. In that release it ranked #4686, with 4 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2017, with 7 births.
This profile covers 40 England and Wales registrations across 9 recorded years from 2007 to 2019. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 57% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 43 living people in the UK are called Jowita. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2020 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Jowita ranked #4686 for girls in England and Wales in 2019, with 4 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2017, when 7 girls were registered as Jowita.
- • Jowita ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #806 in 2015.
- • About 43 living people in the UK are estimated to have Jowita as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#4686
2019
Births in 2019
4
Latest year
Peak year
2017
7 births
Estimated living
43
2026
Popularity
Jowita over time
The chart below shows babies named Jowita registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 2007 to 2019. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Jowita, the clearest high point is 2017. The latest England and Wales figure is 4 births in 2019, compared with 7 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Jowita by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Jowita was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | #4601 | 31 | 7 |
| 2000s | #4116 | 9 | 2 |
Geography
Where Jowita is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Jowita. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Jowita ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #806 in 2015.
Across the UK
Jowita in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#806 in 2015
1 years of NRS records, 3 total registered
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- Josephine 5,889
- Jessie 5,418
- Josie 5,284
- Jasmin 4,706
- Jenna 4,646
FAQ
Jowita: questions and answers
How popular is the name Jowita in the UK right now?
In 2019, Jowita was ranked #4686 for girls in England and Wales, with 4 births registered.
When was Jowita most popular?
The peak year on record was 2017, with 7 babies registered as Jowita in England and Wales.
How many people are called Jowita in the UK?
A total of 40 babies have been registered as Jowita across the 9 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 3 more in Scotland.
Where is Jowita most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Jowita ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #806 in 2015. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.