NameTides

Arwa

Arwa was the #1,942 girls' name in the US in 2025 (99 babies), and #325 in England & Wales and #856 in Canada.

Arwa as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Arwa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandCanadaUS
Arwa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,942 (99)#325 (133)#429 (7)—#856 (33)
2024#2,178 (87)#341 (127)#384 (8)#898 (3)#641 (45)
2023#2,020 (97)#389 (106)#395 (8)—#606 (47)
2022#2,253 (83)#516 (77)#760 (3)—#993 (26)
2021#2,674 (64)#560 (71)#558 (5)—#898 (31)
2020#3,061 (52)#555 (71)#471 (6)#700 (4)#851 (32)
2019#2,561 (68)#623 (63)#560 (5)—#1,032 (25)
2018#3,050 (53)#689 (58)#809 (3)#896 (3)#1,164 (21)
2017#2,816 (60)#785 (50)——#949 (28)
2016#3,229 (50)#938 (39)#798 (3)—#1,280 (19)
2015#3,478 (45)#965 (37)——#888 (30)
2014#3,326 (48)#1,204 (28)—#876 (3)#756 (37)
2013#3,218 (50)#1,018 (35)——#1,255 (19)
2012#4,601 (31)#1,150 (29)——#1,055 (24)
2011#4,807 (29)#1,067 (32)#674 (4)—#1,081 (23)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,942.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1975.

How common is it?

about 1 in 16,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 16,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,900uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Arwa is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 14,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 11,000 to 1 in 18,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Arwa by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #835MNIllinois: #797ILMichigan: #1,061MINew York: #1,312NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,271OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,276CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,180VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,532TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Arwa (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#48326

Arwa (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ArwaCanadaGirls#85633
ArwaEngland & WalesGirls#325133
ArwaIrelandGirls—too few
ArwaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ArwaScotlandGirls#4297
ArwaUSGirls#1,94299