Taqwa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TAK-wa
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,690 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Taqwa is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “piety, God-consciousness”. In 2025 it ranked 1,690th for girls in the UK (18 babies) and 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
What does Taqwa mean?
Arabic
“piety, God-consciousness”
A key Qur'anic term for mindfulness of God, usually translated as piety or God-consciousness.
Is Taqwa a girl's or a boy's name?
Taqwa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the UK and 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Taqwa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,690th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 79% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the UK were named Taqwa, making it the 1,690th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 19 girls.
Half of all the girls named Taqwa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,639th in England and Wales.
Taqwa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,690 |
| 2024 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 12 | #2,153 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
How popular is Taqwa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,115th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19 about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Taqwa, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 2005.
Half of all the girls named Taqwa in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Taqwa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
Names like Taqwa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hafsa, Tiaraoluwa, Arwa, Ayra, Liyana, Minha, Hiba, Marwa, Yusra, Amira, Abeeha
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, “Taqwa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/taqwa, updated 20 October 2026.