Dariya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- da-ree-YAH
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Dariya is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “sea”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Dariya mean?
Persian: Persian and Urdu darya 'sea'; also a Ukrainian form of Daria
“sea”
Is Dariya a girl's or a boy's name?
Dariya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dariya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Dariya, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 10 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Dariya than any year since 2014.
Half of all the girls named Dariya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Dariya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
How popular is Dariya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,837among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Dariya, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 30 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Dariya in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dariya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,440 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 22 | #5,608 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 24 | #5,484 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 30 | #4,880 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
Names like Dariya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anaya Haniya Raya Amaya Inaya Arya Prisha Amira Safa Khadija Ayat Aisha
Names related to Dariya
More Persian names
Jasper Esther Jasmine Casper Cyrus Yasmin Darius Zorawar Kiyan Rumi Yasmine Kasper Mahnoor Dario Arian Arman
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, “Dariya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dariya, updated 20 October 2026.