Salwa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SAL-wa
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,779 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,757 for girls
Salwa is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “comfort, solace”. In 2025 it ranked 1,779th for girls in the UK (17 babies) and 4,757th for girls in the US (28 babies).
What does Salwa mean?
Arabic
“comfort, solace”
Arabic for comfort or solace; in the Quran salwa is also the quail sent with manna to the Israelites.
Is Salwa a girl's or a boy's name?
Salwa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the UK and 28 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Salwa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,779th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the UK were named Salwa, making it the 1,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,708th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 23 girls.
Half of all the girls named Salwa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,719th in England and Wales.
Salwa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,779 |
| 2024 | 23 | #1,449 |
| 2023 | 20 | #1,611 |
| 2022 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2021 | 21 | #1,553 |
| 2020 | 18 | #1,708 |
| 2019 | 18 | #1,729 |
| 2018 | 22 | #1,524 |
| 2017 | 22 | #1,541 |
| 2016 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 2015 | 13 | #2,186 |
| 2014 | 13 | #2,189 |
| 2013 | 23 | #1,461 |
| 2012 | 14 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 14 | #1,874 |
| 2006 | 16 | #1,614 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,692 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 22 | #1,125 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 13 | #1,502 |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,862 |
How popular is Salwa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,757th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28 about 1 in 57,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the US were named Salwa, making it the 4,757th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,077th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 40 girls. It first appears in the records in 1961.
Half of all the girls named Salwa in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Salwa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #4,757 |
| 2024 | 32 | #4,386 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,761 |
| 2022 | 27 | #4,904 |
| 2021 | 31 | #4,409 |
| 2020 | 34 | #4,077 |
| 2019 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2018 | 40 | #3,738 |
| 2017 | 40 | #3,768 |
| 2016 | 32 | #4,422 |
| 2015 | 37 | #3,988 |
| 2014 | 32 | #4,453 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 26 | #5,232 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
Names like Salwa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hafsa, Hiba, Zainab, Rahma, Safaa, Ayah, Huda, Safiya, Aaliyah, Amira, Khadija
Names related to Salwa
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, “Salwa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/salwa, updated 20 October 2026.