Dua
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DOO-a
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #133 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,060 for girls
Dua is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “prayer, supplication”. In 2025 it ranked 133rd for girls in the UK (418 babies) and 1,060th for girls in the US (231 babies).
What does Dua mean?
Arabic: from Arabic du'a
“prayer, supplication”
The Arabic word for a personal prayer of supplication, as distinct from the formal daily prayers.
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Is Dua a girl's or a boy's name?
Dua is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 418 girls in the UK and 231 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dua in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #133among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 418about 1 in 670 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 131% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 418 girls in the UK were named Dua, making it the 133rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 240th.
2025 had the most girls named Dua of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Dua in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 528 girls in the UK were given Dua or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #118, up from #133 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 118th in England and Wales and 429th in Scotland.
Dua in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 418 | #133 |
| 2024 | 355 | #156 |
| 2023 | 288 | #192 |
| 2022 | 332 | #168 |
| 2021 | 230 | #239 |
| 2020 | 213 | #240 |
| 2019 | 130 | #371 |
| 2018 | 117 | #418 |
| 2017 | 65 | #687 |
| 2016 | 80 | #579 |
| 2015 | 65 | #676 |
| 2014 | 58 | #737 |
| 2013 | 46 | #882 |
| 2012 | 41 | #959 |
| 2011 | 43 | #903 |
| 2010 | 30 | #1,167 |
| 2009 | 32 | #1,062 |
| 2008 | 20 | #1,499 |
| 2007 | 12 | #2,083 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,764 |
| 2005 | 13 | #1,807 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
How popular is Dua in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,060among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 231about 1 in 7,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 138% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 231 girls in the US were named Dua, making it the 1,060th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,005th. It first appears in the records in 1993.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had the most girls named Dua of any year since it first appeared, in 1993.
Half of all the girls named Dua in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 261 girls in the US were given Dua or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #906, up from #1,060 for this spelling alone.
- Dua 231
- Duaa 30
Dua in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 231 | #1,060 |
| 2024 | 171 | #1,334 |
| 2023 | 163 | #1,377 |
| 2022 | 131 | #1,612 |
| 2021 | 100 | #1,955 |
| 2020 | 93 | #2,005 |
| 2019 | 72 | #2,451 |
| 2018 | 72 | #2,457 |
| 2017 | 40 | #3,768 |
| 2016 | 41 | #3,707 |
| 2015 | 33 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 37 | #4,001 |
| 2013 | 36 | #4,074 |
| 2012 | 32 | #4,484 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,145 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,245 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,889 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 22 | #5,414 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
Names like Dua
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Esme Ayra Liyana Pippa Maeva Hafsa Zainab Amara Raya Ayah Aria
Other spellings of Dua
Duaa Duah
Names related to Dua
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Dua: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dua, updated 20 October 2026.