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Hiawatha
OriginIroquois
Meaning"he makes rivers"
About Hiawatha
Journalist Hiawatha Bray is a singular contemporary bearer of this name of a Native-American leader immortalized in a Longfellow poem.
Pronounced hy-uh-WAH-thuh.
As of October 2026, Hiawatha ranked #12015 in US births in 2004 SSA, peaked at #1339 in 1934.
Editor's take: The name Hiawatha is a boy's name of Iroquois origin meaning "he makes rivers".
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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1982 children's book from Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Reading series
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