NameTides

Diya

Diya was the #1,710 girls' name in the US in 2025 (119 babies), and #834 in England & Wales and #799 in Canada.

Diya as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Diya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandCanadaEngland & WalesIrelandUS
Diya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,710 (119)#834 (43)#539 (5)#885 (3)#799 (36)
2024#1,676 (122)#767 (49)#790 (3)#898 (3)#775 (38)
2023#1,699 (121)#706 (51)—#856 (3)#574 (50)
2022#1,573 (135)#762 (48)—#747 (4)#679 (41)
2021#1,487 (143)#720 (52)—#661 (5)#859 (33)
2020#1,448 (149)#720 (51)—#834 (3)#808 (35)
2019#1,383 (162)#641 (61)—#716 (4)#807 (35)
2018#1,223 (191)#745 (53)——#703 (41)
2017#1,108 (227)#541 (80)#808 (3)—#720 (40)
2016#1,074 (243)#573 (73)——#811 (34)
2015#1,036 (257)#440 (100)—#896 (3)#758 (37)
2014#1,173 (209)#396 (110)——#772 (36)
2013#1,152 (208)#401 (106)#663 (4)—#537 (56)
2012#1,018 (248)#374 (127)—#907 (3)#542 (55)
2011#905 (288)#390 (119)#579 (5)—#608 (47)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2009 at #887.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1991.

How common is it?

about 1 in 14,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 14,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 4,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Diya is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 14,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 14,000 to 1 in 15,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Diya by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #927ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,526NYMassachusetts: #761MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #774NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #908CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,437NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,790TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Diya (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#43229

Diya (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DiyaCanadaGirls#79936
DiyaEngland & WalesGirls#83443
DiyaEngland & WalesBoys—too few
DiyaIrelandGirls#8853
DiyaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
DiyaScotlandGirls#5395
DiyaUSGirls#1,710119
DiyaUSBoys—too few