Dunya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DOON-ya
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,163 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,902 for girls
Dunya is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “the world”. In 2025 it ranked 1,163rd for girls in the UK (30 babies) and 3,902nd for girls in the US (37 babies).
What does Dunya mean?
Arabic: also used in Persian and Turkish
“the world”
In Arabic dunya means the world, especially this earthly life as contrasted with the hereafter.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Dunya a girl's or a boy's name?
Dunya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 30 girls in the UK and 37 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dunya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,163rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 30 about 1 in 9,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 61% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 30 girls in the UK were named Dunya, making it the 1,163rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th.
2025 had the most girls named Dunya of any year since it first appeared, in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Dunya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,110th in England and Wales.
Dunya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #1,163 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,592 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,481 |
| 2022 | 21 | #1,527 |
| 2021 | 14 | #2,069 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 14 | #2,061 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
How popular is Dunya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,902nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 37 about 1 in 43,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 66% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 37 girls in the US were named Dunya, making it the 3,902nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 37 girls. It first appears in the records in 1984.
Half of all the girls named Dunya in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dunya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | #3,902 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,962 |
| 2023 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2022 | 36 | #4,039 |
| 2021 | 22 | #5,569 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 24 | #5,304 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5,657 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,252 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
Names like Dunya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Dua, Hafsa, Yusra, Raya, Ayah, Ayat, Zainab, Amira, Arya, Inaya, Hiba
Names related to Dunya
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, 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, “Dunya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dunya, updated 20 October 2026.