Marwah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAR-wa
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,107 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Marwah is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,107th for girls in the UK (32 babies) and 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Marwah mean?
Arabic
Named after al-Marwah, one of the two hills in Mecca between which pilgrims walk during Hajj and Umrah.
Is Marwah a girl's or a boy's name?
Marwah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 32 girls in the UK and 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marwah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,107among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 32about 1 in 8,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 32 girls in the UK were named Marwah, making it the 1,107th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,089th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 44 girls.
2025 had more girls named Marwah than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Marwah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 180 girls in the UK were given Marwah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #281, up from #1,107 for this spelling alone.
- Marwa 148
- Marwah 32
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,051st in England and Wales.
Marwah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #1,107 |
| 2024 | 27 | #1,288 |
| 2023 | 27 | #1,285 |
| 2022 | 22 | #1,485 |
| 2021 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2020 | 33 | #1,089 |
| 2019 | 39 | #981 |
| 2018 | 37 | #1,028 |
| 2017 | 38 | #1,027 |
| 2016 | 34 | #1,096 |
| 2015 | 44 | #900 |
| 2014 | 38 | #1,025 |
| 2013 | 36 | #1,065 |
| 2012 | 28 | #1,259 |
| 2011 | 27 | #1,272 |
| 2010 | 23 | #1,418 |
| 2009 | 24 | #1,330 |
| 2008 | 19 | #1,548 |
| 2007 | 17 | #1,614 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,692 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
How popular is Marwah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Marwah, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the girls named Marwah in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 133 girls in the US were given Marwah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,385, up from #7,489 for this spelling alone.
- Marwa 119
- Marwah 14
Marwah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
Names like Marwah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Zainab Ayah Nusaybah Aaliyah Hafsa Hiba Sumayyah Ruqayyah Farah Rahma Safaa
Other spellings of Marwah
Names related to Marwah
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, “Marwah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marwah, updated 20 October 2026.