Marwa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAR-wa
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #325 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,710 for girls
Marwa is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 325th for girls in the UK (148 babies) and 1,710th for girls in the US (119 babies).
What does Marwa mean?
Arabic
Named after al-Marwah, one of the two hills in Mecca between which pilgrims walk during Hajj and Umrah.
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Is Marwa a girl's or a boy's name?
Marwa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 148 girls in the UK and 119 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marwa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 325th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 148 about 1 in 1,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 148 girls in the UK were named Marwa, making it the 325th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 448th.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Marwa of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Marwa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 180 girls in the UK were given Marwa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #281, up from #325 for this spelling alone.
- Marwa 148
- Marwah 32
Among girls in 2025, it was 306th in England and Wales and 539th in Scotland.
Marwa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 148 | #325 |
| 2024 | 136 | #358 |
| 2023 | 110 | #418 |
| 2022 | 101 | #465 |
| 2021 | 106 | #450 |
| 2020 | 103 | #448 |
| 2019 | 100 | #470 |
| 2018 | 91 | #519 |
| 2017 | 112 | #436 |
| 2016 | 103 | #469 |
| 2015 | 99 | #482 |
| 2014 | 90 | #529 |
| 2013 | 89 | #521 |
| 2012 | 96 | #501 |
| 2011 | 97 | #482 |
| 2010 | 99 | #476 |
| 2009 | 82 | #529 |
| 2008 | 105 | #442 |
| 2007 | 61 | #639 |
| 2006 | 58 | #632 |
| 2005 | 47 | #712 |
| 2004 | 33 | #882 |
| 2003 | 35 | #823 |
| 2002 | 34 | #803 |
| 2001 | 22 | #1,042 |
| 2000 | 20 | #1,105 |
| 1999 | 16 | #1,298 |
| 1998 | 17 | #1,238 |
| 1997 | 16 | #1,278 |
| 1996 | 12 | #1,520 |
How popular is Marwa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,710th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 119 about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 119 girls in the US were named Marwa, making it the 1,710th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,341st. It first appears in the records in 1977.
2025 had the most girls named Marwa of any year since it first appeared, in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Marwa in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 133 girls in the US were given Marwa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,385, up from #1,710 for this spelling alone.
- Marwa 119
- Marwah 14
Marwa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 119 | #1,710 |
| 2024 | 111 | #1,810 |
| 2023 | 101 | #1,946 |
| 2022 | 111 | #1,828 |
| 2021 | 85 | #2,186 |
| 2020 | 75 | #2,341 |
| 2019 | 83 | #2,217 |
| 2018 | 93 | #2,071 |
| 2017 | 104 | #1,930 |
| 2016 | 86 | #2,221 |
| 2015 | 96 | #2,039 |
| 2014 | 85 | #2,213 |
| 2013 | 96 | #2,020 |
| 2012 | 69 | #2,597 |
| 2011 | 66 | #2,663 |
| 2010 | 86 | #2,237 |
| 2009 | 72 | #2,567 |
| 2008 | 60 | #2,922 |
| 2007 | 55 | #3,125 |
| 2006 | 62 | #2,815 |
| 2005 | 48 | #3,208 |
| 2004 | 53 | #2,961 |
| 2003 | 60 | #2,635 |
| 2002 | 51 | #2,884 |
| 2001 | 41 | #3,312 |
| 2000 | 51 | #2,813 |
| 1999 | 47 | #2,851 |
| 1998 | 32 | #3,645 |
| 1997 | 30 | #3,713 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,054 |
| 1995 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 1994 | 24 | #4,233 |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,252 |
| 1992 | 24 | #4,229 |
| 1991 | 27 | #3,811 |
| 1990 | 25 | #3,998 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,842 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,835 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,344 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
Names like Marwa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hafsa, Hiba, Zainab, Amira, Ayah, Khadija, Aaliyah, Huda, Rahma, Arwa, Halima
Other spellings of Marwa
Names related to Marwa
Maria, Mara, Maira, Mariya, Mariah, Mayra, Marya, Maura, Mar
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
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, “Marwa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marwa, updated 20 October 2026.