Daniya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DAA-nee-ya
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,237 for girls
Daniya is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “near, close”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).
What does Daniya mean?
Arabic: Arabic daniya
“near, close”
The Qur'an uses this word for the fruits of Paradise, hanging near and within easy reach.
Is Daniya a girl's or a boy's name?
Daniya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 24 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Daniya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Daniya, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Daniya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Daniya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 13 | #2,186 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
How popular is Daniya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,237th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 67,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Daniya, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,004th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 119 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 8 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Daniya than any year since 2000.
Half of all the girls named Daniya in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Daniya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,237 |
| 2024 | 25 | #5,145 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,870 |
| 2022 | 28 | #4,790 |
| 2021 | 30 | #4,503 |
| 2020 | 35 | #4,004 |
| 2019 | 38 | #3,850 |
| 2018 | 39 | #3,788 |
| 2017 | 51 | #3,145 |
| 2016 | 46 | #3,411 |
| 2015 | 62 | #2,810 |
| 2014 | 67 | #2,613 |
| 2013 | 52 | #3,122 |
| 2012 | 72 | #2,516 |
| 2011 | 96 | #2,026 |
| 2010 | 102 | #1,959 |
| 2009 | 109 | #1,914 |
| 2008 | 107 | #1,966 |
| 2007 | 119 | #1,792 |
| 2006 | 111 | #1,833 |
| 2005 | 95 | #1,992 |
| 2004 | 83 | #2,152 |
| 2003 | 68 | #2,410 |
| 2002 | 34 | #3,806 |
| 2001 | 29 | #4,205 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
Names like Daniya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Haniya, Anaya, Inaya, Safa, Amira, Aisha, Aaliyah, Khadija, Amaya, Raya, Asiya, Ayah
Names related to Daniya
Diana, Dana, Dania, Dani, Diyana, Danni, Danya, Daania, Danna, Danae, Daniyah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo, Liyana
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, “Daniya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/daniya, updated 20 October 2026.