Diya
- #1,710 for girls in 2025, 119 births
- Last seen for boys in 2009 at #12,491
- Given to girls 99.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2004 · 281 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,079since 1991
Diya over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Diya has never cracked the top 800 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,710 | 119 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,676 | 122 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,699 | 121 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,573 | 135 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,487 | 143 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,448 | 149 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,383 | 162 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,223 | 191 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,108 | 227 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,074 | 243 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,036 | 257 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,173 | 209 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,152 | 208 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,018 | 248 | — | |
| 2011 | #905 | 288 | — | |
| 2010 | #925 | 280 | — | |
| 2009 | #887 | 309 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #1,002 | 264 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #991 | 269 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,090 | 232 | — | |
| 2005 | #958 | 257 | — | |
| 2004 | #873 | 281 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,416 | 140 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,915 | 92 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,740 | 54 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,937 | 18 | — | |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 | — | |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 | — | |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 | — | |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | — | |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | — | |
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| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | — | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1991
The first year at least five girls were named Diya! It came in at #13,147, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1991–1994, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Diya is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Massachusetts#761 · 1 in 4,005
- New Jersey#774 · 1 in 3,944
- California#908 · 1 in 5,217
- Illinois#927 · 1 in 4,925
- Washington#1,046 · 1 in 5,772
Best ever in a state: #157 in New Jersey, 2004.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #761 | 6 | 1 in 4,005 |
| New Jersey | #774 | 9 | 1 in 3,944 |
| California | #908 | 31 | 1 in 5,217 |
| Illinois | #927 | 9 | 1 in 4,925 |
| Washington | #1,046 | 5 | 1 in 5,772 |
| North Carolina | #1,437 | 5 | 1 in 9,297 |
| New York | #1,526 | 8 | 1 in 9,791 |
| Texas | #1,790 | 12 | 1 in 13,379 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 262 spots since 2020 (#1,448 → #1,710)
- Biggest jump: 543 spots in 2004
- Biggest drop: 132 spots in 2006
Rise & fade · girls
13 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1991
- Peaked 2004 at #873 (281 births)
- Births halved by 2022, 18 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 2009–2011
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,945
- Highest: 1 in 5,945 girls born in 2009 were named Diya (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 13,506 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #873 in 2004, was only 1 in 6,535 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 45.5% of all girls named Diya (2,313) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 61 | #6,836 (1999) | #10,066 |
| 2000s | 1,916 | #873 (2004) | #1,781 |
| 2010s | 2,313 | #905 (2011) | #1,100 |
| 2020s | 789 | #1,448 (2020) | #1,599 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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