Surya
- #13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births
- #2,718 for boys in 2025, 47 births
- Given to boys 78.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2009 · 68 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,215since 1977
Surya over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #13,208 | 6 | #2,718 | 47 |
| 2024 | #7,967 | 13 | #2,674 | 49 |
| 2023 | #7,247 | 15 | #2,805 | 45 |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 | #2,873 | 44 |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 | #2,439 | 55 |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 | #3,653 | 29 |
| 2019 | #7,342 | 15 | #2,897 | 42 |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 | #2,579 | 49 |
| 2017 | — | #2,891 | 41 | |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | #2,551 | 49 |
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 | #2,457 | 51 |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 | #2,705 | 44 |
| 2013 | — | #2,763 | 42 | |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 | #2,716 | 44 |
| 2011 | #8,196 | 14 | #2,699 | 44 |
| 2010 | #8,271 | 14 | #2,787 | 43 |
| 2009 | #8,058 | 15 | #2,035 | 68 |
| 2008 | #9,476 | 12 | #2,467 | 51 |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 | #2,643 | 46 |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 | #2,542 | 47 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #2,902 | 36 |
| 2004 | — | #2,843 | 36 | |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 | #2,579 | 39 |
| 2002 | — | #2,632 | 36 | |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | #2,429 | 40 |
| 2000 | #6,208 | 17 | #2,379 | 40 |
| 1999 | — | #3,279 | 24 | |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 | #4,650 | 14 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | — | |
| 1994 | #4,687 | 21 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 | — | |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | — | |
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| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1977
The first year at least five boys were named Surya! It came in at #5,845, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1977–1993, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Surya 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 · boys
- Washington#999 · 1 in 6,560
- Texas#1,908 · 1 in 21,881
- California#1,998 · 1 in 25,068
Best ever in a state: #703 in New Jersey, 2010.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Washington | #999 | 5 | 1 in 6,560 |
| Texas | #1,908 | 8 | 1 in 21,881 |
| California | #1,998 | 7 | 1 in 25,068 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 · boys
Rising
- 44 spots since 2024 (#2,674 → #2,718)
- 935 spots since 2020 (#3,653 → #2,718)
- 261 spots since 2015 (#2,457 → #2,718)
Rise & fade · boys
32 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1977
- Peaked 2009 at #2,035 (68 births)
- Births halved by 2020, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 29,170
- Highest: 1 in 29,170 boys born in 2009 were named Surya (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 36,342 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 37.0% of all boys named Surya (449) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1997
- Mostly girls until 1996, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 | #5,845 (1977) | #5,845 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 53 | #3,279 (1999) | #5,396 |
| 2000s | 439 | #2,035 (2009) | #2,545 |
| 2010s | 449 | #2,457 (2015) | #2,705 |
| 2020s | 269 | #2,439 (2021) | #2,860 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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