Adya
Girl · AAD-ya · Sanskrit
Adya is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “first; the beginning”. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Adya mean?
Sanskrit: spelling of Aadya, itself a spelling of Adya
“first; the beginning”
From Sanskrit adya, 'first'; in Hinduism Adya Shakti, the primordial power, is a title of the goddess Devi.
- Say it
- AAD-ya
Meaning borrowed from Aadya.
Is Adya a girl's or a boy's name?
Adya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Adya in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2023, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Adya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Adya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 2 | #7,238 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
How popular is Adya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Adya, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,356th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 32 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
2025 had fewer girls named Adya than any year since 2009.
Half of all the girls named Adya in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 426 girls in the US were given Adya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #674, up from #7,883 for this spelling alone.
Adya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 25 | #5,145 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,668 |
| 2021 | 32 | #4,322 |
| 2020 | 31 | #4,356 |
| 2019 | 26 | #5,039 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,456 |
| 2014 | 28 | #4,890 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 25 | #5,396 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
Names like Adya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arya Ayra Safa Aadhya Raya Ayah Ayat Aarya Anaya Hafsa Maya Amira
Other spellings of Adya
Names related to Adya
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