The objective of the present invention is to provide a method for producing, at high speed, a non-woven fabric for an absorbent article, said fabric being shaped from a non-woven fabric and having an excellent feel. This production method includes: a step of preheating a non-woven fabric (3) to be shaped and a step of forming a shaped non-woven fabric (7), wherein the pre-heated non-woven fabric (5) to be shaped is shaped by being passed through a pair of shaping members (17). In the pair of shaping members (17), a first shaping member (19) is provided with a plurality of projecting ridges (19a) and a plurality of recessed grooves (19b), and a second shaping member (21) is provided with a plurality of pins (21a) that include a tip portion and are arranged so as to engage with the recessed grooves (19b). The shaped non-woven fabric (7) is provided with: (i) a plurality of ridge portions (105) (ii) a plurality of groove portions (107) that have a groove bottom portion (107) and (iii) a plurality of recesses (111) that are provided in the groove bottom portions (109) of the groove portions (107), are arranged intermittently in one direction (DO), are recessed to a second surface (103) side, and have a bottom portion (113).Lobjectif de la présente invention est de décrire un procédé de production, à vitesse élevée, dun tissu non-tissé pour un article absorbant, ledit tissu étant formé à partir dun tissu non-tissé et ayant un excellent toucher. Le procédé de production comprend : une étape de préchauffage dun tissu non-tissé (3) destiné à être formé et une étape de formation dun tissu non-tissé formé (7), le tissu non-tissé préchauffé (5) destiné à être formé étant formé par passage à travers une paire déléments de formage (17). Dans la paire déléments de formage (17), un premier élément de formage (19) est pourvu dune pluralité de nervures saillantes (19a) et dune pluralité de rainures évidées (19b), et un deuxième élément de formage (21) est pourvu dune pluralité de b
