NameTides

Dua

Dua was the #1,060 girls' name in the US in 2025 (231 babies), and #118 in England & Wales and #355 in Canada.

Dua as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Dua 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.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaScotlandIrelandUS
Dua 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.00.511.521880192019602000
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#1,060 (231)#118 (411)#429 (7)#483 (7)#355 (87)
2024#1,334 (171)#151 (337)#207 (18)#736 (4)#352 (85)
2023#1,377 (163)#182 (280)#395 (8)#727 (4)#650 (44)
2022#1,612 (131)#152 (322)#324 (10)#634 (5)#615 (46)
2021#1,955 (100)#222 (225)#558 (5)—#974 (28)
2020#2,005 (93)#227 (204)#370 (9)#834 (3)#808 (35)
2019#2,451 (72)#349 (126)#650 (4)—#895 (30)
2018#2,457 (72)#387 (115)——#1,164 (21)
2017#3,769 (40)#661 (63)——#1,269 (19)
2016#3,707 (41)#537 (79)——#1,600 (14)
2015#4,295 (33)#649 (63)——#1,267 (19)
2014#4,003 (37)#715 (55)#802 (3)—#1,786 (12)
2013#4,076 (36)#854 (44)——#1,792 (12)
2012#4,486 (32)#934 (39)——#1,055 (24)
2011#6,148 (21)#973 (36)#465 (7)—#1,500 (15)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,060.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1993.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,900 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 6,900uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 620common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Dua is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,800 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,000 to 1 in 6,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Dua by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #586WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #515ILMichigan: #1,061MINew York: #452NYMassachusetts: #682MAOregon: 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: #499NJConnecticut: #322CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #889CAUtah: 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: #484VAMaryland: #840MDDelaware: 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: #984GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,062TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Dua (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#22753
Quebec2025#7745

Dua (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
DuaCanadaGirls#35587
DuaEngland & WalesGirls#118411
DuaIrelandGirls#4837
DuaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
DuaScotlandGirls#4297
DuaUSGirls#1,060231