# Arwa (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/arwa/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,401 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,401 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,179, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 29 | 4,819 |
| 2012 | 31 | 4,615 |
| 2013 | 50 | 3,224 |
| 2014 | 48 | 3,332 |
| 2015 | 45 | 3,486 |
| 2016 | 50 | 3,237 |
| 2017 | 60 | 2,819 |
| 2018 | 53 | 3,056 |
| 2019 | 68 | 2,564 |
| 2020 | 52 | 3,065 |
| 2021 | 64 | 2,679 |
| 2022 | 83 | 2,257 |
| 2023 | 97 | 2,021 |
| 2024 | 87 | 2,179 |
| 2025 | 99 | 1,944 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 32 | 1,067 |
| 2012 | 29 | 1,150 |
| 2013 | 35 | 1,018 |
| 2014 | 28 | 1,204 |
| 2015 | 37 | 965 |
| 2016 | 39 | 938 |
| 2017 | 50 | 785 |
| 2018 | 58 | 689 |
| 2019 | 63 | 623 |
| 2020 | 71 | 555 |
| 2021 | 71 | 560 |
| 2022 | 77 | 516 |
| 2023 | 106 | 389 |
| 2024 | 127 | 341 |
| 2025 | 133 | 325 |

## People named Arwa

- Arwa bint Kurayz, Companion of Muhammad and Uthman's mother
- Arwa Saleh, Egyptian communist and feminist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.