# Nawal (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nawal/  
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 | 1,364 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,364 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 633, 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 | 38 | 3,986 |
| 2012 | 58 | 2,967 |
| 2013 | 51 | 3,209 |
| 2014 | 49 | 3,308 |
| 2015 | 47 | 3,423 |
| 2016 | 41 | 3,758 |
| 2017 | 52 | 3,127 |
| 2018 | 41 | 3,721 |
| 2019 | 60 | 2,807 |
| 2020 | 45 | 3,434 |
| 2021 | 37 | 3,991 |
| 2022 | 38 | 3,941 |
| 2023 | 30 | 4,628 |
| 2024 | 43 | 3,627 |
| 2025 | 46 | 3,372 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 21 | 1,438 |
| 2012 | 23 | 1,387 |
| 2013 | 31 | 1,128 |
| 2014 | 18 | 1,628 |
| 2015 | 23 | 1,405 |
| 2016 | 23 | 1,416 |
| 2017 | 21 | 1,512 |
| 2018 | 15 | 1,887 |
| 2019 | 15 | 1,854 |
| 2020 | 21 | 1,449 |
| 2021 | 16 | 1,785 |
| 2022 | 12 | 2,178 |
| 2023 | 21 | 1,469 |
| 2024 | 25 | 1,302 |
| 2025 | 30 | 1,110 |

## People named Nawal

- Nawal El Saadawi, Egyptian feminist writer (1931–2021)
- Nawal Mansouri, Algerian volleyball player
- Nawal, Comorian musician
- Nawal Meniker, French athletics competitor

## 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.