Arshiya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ar-SHEE-ya
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,868 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Arshiya is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “heavenly; of the throne”. In 2025 it ranked 1,868th for girls in the UK (16 babies) and 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Arshiya mean?
Arabic: from Arabic arsh, 'throne', via Persian and Urdu
“heavenly; of the throne”
Is Arshiya a girl's or a boy's name?
Arshiya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the UK and 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arshiya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,868th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 100% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were named Arshiya, making it the 1,868th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th.
2025 had the most girls named Arshiya of any year since it first appeared, in 2004.
Half of all the girls named Arshiya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 19 girls in the UK were given Arshiya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,417, up from #1,868 for this spelling alone.
- Arshiya 16
- Arshia 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,809th in England and Wales.
Arshiya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,868 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
How popular is Arshiya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,360th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Arshiya, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 24 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the girls named Arshiya in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Arshiya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,456 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
Names like Arshiya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anvika, Prisha, Aavya, Aadhya, Advika, Akshara, Arya, Anvi, Saanvi, Aarvi, Avaya, Aaradhya
Other spellings of Arshiya
Names related to Arshiya
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Arshiya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arshiya, updated 20 October 2026.