Fun Facts About the Name Duaa
- 664 babies named Duaa: U.S. records list 664 babies given the name Duaa from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Duaa Mean?
Duaa is an Arabic feminine name taken from the noun duʿāʾ (دُعاء), which means "call," "invocation," or "supplication." It belongs to the root د-ع-و (d - ʿ - w), whose verb daʿā means "to call, to summon, to invoke." In Islamic usage the noun names personal prayer - a believer's own petition or appeal to God - as distinct from ṣalāh, the formal ritual prayer. The literal sense is simply "calling upon" or "invocation"; the devotional sense of prayer is the customary religious application of that word, not a separate etymology.
The English spelling Duaa does not represent the Arabic letter ʿayn (ع), a consonant with no equivalent in English, which is why the name also appears as Dua, Doaa, and Dua'a. The Albanian name Dua, familiar from the singer Dua Lipa, comes from the Albanian verb dua, "to love," and has no connection to the Arabic word.
Duaa Name History & Origins
The word duʿāʾ is well attested in classical Arabic and occurs in the Quran, where the same root is used for calling on God; the verse "Call upon Me, and I will respond to you" (40:60) uses that root. Because it names a central act of Muslim worship, it joined the stock of Arabic given names taken from religious vocabulary, in the company of names such as Iman ("faith") and Sabr ("patience"). The term also titles devotional texts in later Islamic tradition, among them the Duʿāʾ Kumayl, attributed to ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, and the Duʿāʾ al-Nudba, both current in Shia practice.
As a personal name, Duaa is used mainly in Arabic-speaking countries and among Muslim families elsewhere, including Turkey and the Balkans, where the Turkish borrowing dua means "prayer." Latin-script renderings vary with each language's conventions - Dua, Duaa, Doaa, Dua'a, Duʿāʾ - and the spelling chosen in English usually reflects how the long final vowel and the ʿayn are handled.
How Popular is the Name Duaa?
Duaa has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #4,584 in 2025.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,584 | 30 | 0.0019% |
| 2024 | #5,828 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 2023 | #5,794 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 2022 | #4,698 | 29 | 0.0018% |
| 2021 | #7,036 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 2020 | #5,915 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2019 | #7,458 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2018 | #7,184 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2017 | #5,219 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2016 | #4,890 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2015 | #6,527 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2014 | #5,061 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2013 | #6,079 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2012 | #5,759 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2011 | #5,596 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 2010 | #5,471 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2009 | #5,760 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2008 | #5,614 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 2007 | #6,897 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2006 | #5,427 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 2005 | #6,917 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2004 | #4,745 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2003 | #4,846 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 2002 | #4,669 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 2001 | #6,146 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2000 | #6,018 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1999 | #5,998 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1998 | #8,158 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1997 | #6,260 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1996 | #12,285 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1995 | #10,839 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1994 | #10,898 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1993 | #14,120 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #13,581 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1982 | #10,941 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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