Diya
Girl and boy name · Sanskrit origin
Diya meaning
Brightness, light.
- Also recorded (Sanskrit): earthen lamp
Diya at a glance
- Used as
- Girl and boy name
- Origin (girl)
- Sanskrit
- Listed in
- Muslim baby names
- Script form
- دياAs listed by MuslimNames.com; not independently verifiedदियाAs listed by Wiktionary; not independently verified
- Latest U.S. rank (boy)
- #12,490 in 2009
- Latest U.S. rank (girl)
- #1,677 in 2024
- Meaning themes
Diya popularity in the U.S.
As a boy name
| Year | Rank | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2009 | #12,490 | 5 |
As a girl name
| Year | Rank | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 |
| 2000 | #5,937 | 18 |
| 2004 | #873 | 281 |
| 2010 | #925 | 280 |
| 2020 | #1,448 | 149 |
| 2024 | #1,677 | 121 |
All 32 ranked years
| Year | Rank | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 |
| 1992 | #13,316 | 5 |
| 1995 | #11,782 | 6 |
| 1996 | #10,568 | 7 |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 |
| 2000 | #5,937 | 18 |
| 2001 | #2,740 | 54 |
| 2002 | #1,915 | 92 |
| 2003 | #1,416 | 140 |
| 2004 | #873 | 281 |
| 2005 | #958 | 257 |
| 2006 | #1,090 | 232 |
| 2007 | #991 | 269 |
| 2008 | #1,002 | 264 |
| 2009 | #887 | 309 |
| 2010 | #925 | 280 |
| 2011 | #905 | 288 |
| 2012 | #1,018 | 248 |
| 2013 | #1,152 | 208 |
| 2014 | #1,173 | 209 |
| 2015 | #1,036 | 257 |
| 2016 | #1,074 | 243 |
| 2017 | #1,108 | 227 |
| 2018 | #1,221 | 191 |
| 2019 | #1,382 | 162 |
| 2020 | #1,448 | 149 |
| 2021 | #1,487 | 143 |
| 2022 | #1,572 | 135 |
| 2023 | #1,697 | 121 |
| 2024 | #1,677 | 121 |
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names (national data, 1880-2024). Counts are Social Security card applications for births in the United States; names with fewer than 5 births in a year are not listed, and spelling variants are counted separately. Baby Name Wizard is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA.
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Meaning source: MuslimNames.com via the CC0 Muslim Names Dataset; Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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