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Surya

Boys' name · Millennial-era · Sanskrit origin

Living in the US
~1,500 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#2,718 among boys
Births in 2025
53 1,549 since 1880
Typical age
14 years, median

Surya popularity over time

Surya rank by birth year, 1977–2025Surya ranked #5,845 in 1977 and #2,718 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #2,035, in 2009.#2,71819801990200020102020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1977–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Surya in 2009 than in any other year — 83 of them. It first clears the SSA reporting threshold in 1977. As of 2025 the name sits at #2,718, with 53 births that year.

Year on year the rank dropped by 44.

Babies named Surya per yearPeaks at 83 births in 2009.83 in 2009019801990200020102020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Surya?

An estimated 1,500 living Americans are called Surya. That is out of 1,549 recorded births since 1880. The split is about 330 women and 1,200 men.

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 Surya?

The typical living Surya is 14 years old. Most living bearers were born in the 2010s. By the site’s era rules that makes Surya a millennial-era name.

Your Surya

Ages of living people named SuryaHalf of living Suryas are older than 14 and half younger.median 1402040
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Surya is most common

Surya is 1.7× as common in California as it is nationally.

Where Surya is used more than average1 states use the name Surya more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: 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: not over-representedNJConnecticut: 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: not over-representedMAArizona: 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 Surya is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
California 102 1.7×

Is Surya a boy's or a girl's name?

22% girls78% boys
Share of all recorded US births under this name, 1880 to the latest year.

The name leans boys, but 17.1% of births in the last decade were girls. Across the whole record, 21.6% of births under the name were girls.

Surya in England and Wales

ONS recorded 4 births named Surya in 2025, ranking it #4,275. That is 50% lower than five years earlier.

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

Where the name Surya comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit सूर्य (“the sun or its deity”). Doublet of sun.

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 Surya

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Surya Bonaly French figure skater 1973 27
Surya Sen British Indian Bengali revolutionary 1894–1934 19
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 Surya

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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