Dua
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning prayer or supplication.
Babies a year
411
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Common
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#118
411 babies · up from #151
Dua by the numbers
In 2025, 411 babies in England and Wales were named Dua. In the US, 40 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 41 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Dua. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Duaaprayer or supplication104 in England and Wales (2025)
- Duhaforenoon, morning light24 in England and Wales (2025)
- Deagoddess13 in England and Wales (2025)
- Doainvocation, prayer, supplication6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Duahprayer or supplication3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Durpearl3 in England and Wales (2025)