Duha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DOO-ha
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,368 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,553 for girls
Duha is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “forenoon, morning brightness”. In 2025 it ranked 1,368th for girls in the UK (24 babies) and 5,553rd for girls in the US (22 babies).
What does Duha mean?
Arabic
“forenoon, morning brightness”
Ad-Duha, 'The Morning Brightness', is the title of the 93rd surah of the Qur'an.
Is Duha a girl's or a boy's name?
Duha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls in the UK and 22 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Duha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,368th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 247% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the UK were named Duha, making it the 1,368th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Duha of any year since it first appeared, in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Duha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 27 girls in the UK were given Duha or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,110, up from #1,368 for this spelling alone.
- Duha 24
- Duhaa 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,315th in England and Wales.
Duha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #1,368 |
| 2024 | 23 | #1,449 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
How popular is Duha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,553rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22 about 1 in 73,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 84% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the US were named Duha, making it the 5,553rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. It first appears in the records in 1995.
2025 had the most girls named Duha of any year since it first appeared, in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Duha in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Duha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #5,553 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
Names like Duha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hafsa, Hiba, Rahma, Zainab, Abeeha, Ayah, Huda, Safaa, Aaliyah, Faiza, Nusaybah
Other spellings of Duha
Duhaa
Names related to Duha
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
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, “Duha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/duha, updated 20 October 2026.