Dua

What Dua means

Albanian, meaning “love”

From dua (“love”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Dua” (revision 91051538), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Dua?

US: Rising: up from #4295 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #649 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 231 girls got the name (#1060 that year). First in the US records in 1993.

How common

• About 1 in 6,958 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 616 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,556 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in CT (0.78 per 1,000 girls), NY (0.49 per 1,000 girls), VA (0.47 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Dua is #1060 in the US and #118 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Dua were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Duaa30 US · 104 E&W
• Dia34 US · 9 E&W
• Dea22 US · 13 E&W
• Deia15 US · 12 E&W
• Daia11 US
• Tea10 US
• Duah0 US · 3 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Dua

Girls

• Poppy#292Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #7 vs #292 in 2025
• Selah#216“to hang”^*
• Kaia#193Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #447 in 2015, #193 in 2025
• Alani#161Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #529 in 2015, #161 in 2025
• Leilani#60Hawaiian, meaning “a lei; a child + heavenly, royal”^*
• Elianna#218Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #598 in 2015, #218 in 2025

For a brother

• Elian#147Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #147 vs #914 in 2025
• Jett#169Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #169 vs #452 in 2025
• Emiliano#94Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #94 vs #1,359 in 2025
• Luca#14Form of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Sebastian#16“august, venerable, exalted”^*
• Malakai#213Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #491 in 2015, #213 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Dua’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.