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Diya

Girls' name · Millennial-era · Sanskrit origin

Living in the US
~5,100 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#1,710 among girls
Births in 2025
119 5,091 since 1880
Typical age
14 years, median

Diya popularity over time

Diya rank by birth year, 1991–2025Diya ranked #13,147 in 1991 and #1,710 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #873, in 2004.#1,000#10,000#1,710best #873 in 2004200020102020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1991–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Diya was used most in 2009, when 314 babies were given the name. It first clears the SSA reporting threshold in 1991. The 2025 position is #1,710, on 119 births.

Compared with 2015, births are down 54%. Year on year the rank dropped by 34.

Babies named Diya per yearPeaks at 314 births in 2009.314 in 20090200020102020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Diya?

An estimated 5,100 living Americans are called Diya.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Diya?

Median age among living Diyas: 14. The 2010s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Diya a millennial-era name.

Your Diya

Ages of living people named DiyaHalf of living Diyas are older than 14 and half younger.median 14020
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Diya is most common

Diya is 3.1× as common in New Jersey as it is nationally. Washington, Massachusetts and Illinois follow.

Where Diya is used more than average5 states use the name Diya more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: 2.1× the national rateWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: 1.8× the national rateILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: 3.1× the national rateNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.7× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: 1.8× the national rateMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Diya is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New Jersey 110 3.1×
Washington 63 2.1×
Massachusetts 45 1.8×
Illinois 87 1.8×
California 298 1.7×

Diya in England and Wales

ONS recorded 43 births named Diya in 2025, ranking it #834.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Diya comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit दिया (“earthen lamp”).

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

See how Sanskrit names are used in American and British births on the Sanskrit names page.

Notable people named Diya

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Diya Siddique Bangladeshi archer (* 2004) 2004 12
Diya Kumari Indian politician 1971 11
Photo credits (2)

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Diya

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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