# Marwan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/marwan/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,367 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,367 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 545, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَرْوَان (marwān).

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 37 | 3,088 |
| 2012 | 37 | 3,091 |
| 2013 | 45 | 2,651 |
| 2014 | 39 | 2,966 |
| 2015 | 36 | 3,199 |
| 2016 | 51 | 2,502 |
| 2017 | 55 | 2,374 |
| 2018 | 51 | 2,536 |
| 2019 | 53 | 2,513 |
| 2020 | 45 | 2,742 |
| 2021 | 47 | 2,717 |
| 2022 | 43 | 2,941 |
| 2023 | 36 | 3,320 |
| 2024 | 48 | 2,732 |
| 2025 | 58 | 2,376 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 25 | 1,045 |
| 2012 | 25 | 1,086 |
| 2013 | 22 | 1,147 |
| 2014 | 16 | 1,486 |
| 2015 | 13 | 1,786 |
| 2016 | 17 | 1,498 |
| 2017 | 18 | 1,398 |
| 2018 | 19 | 1,324 |
| 2019 | 22 | 1,189 |
| 2020 | 20 | 1,273 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1,448 |
| 2022 | 21 | 1,268 |
| 2023 | 27 | 1,071 |
| 2024 | 29 | 1,025 |
| 2025 | 33 | 934 |

## People named Marwan

- Marwan I, Fourth Umayyad caliph from 684 to 685
- Marwan Mohsen, Egyptian association football player
- Marwan al-Shehhi, 9/11 hijacker (1978–2001)
- Marwan Attia, Egyptian association football player
- Marwan Elkamash, Egyptian swimmer
- Marwan Hamed, Egyptian film director
- Marwan ibn Abi Hafsa, Abbasid-era Arab poet
- Marwan El-Amrawy, Egyptian swimmer

## 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.