Darya
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Slavic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,344 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,516 for girls
Darya is a girls' name of Slavic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 3,516th for girls in the US (43 babies).
What does Darya mean?
Slavic
A transliteration of the Russian female given name Дарья (Darʹja), equivalent to Daria.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Darya a girl's or a boy's name?
Darya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK and 43 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Darya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,344th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Darya, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 19 girls.
Half of all the girls named Darya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.
Darya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 14 | #2,085 |
| 2014 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,393 |
| 2010 | 14 | #2,004 |
| 2009 | 19 | #1,556 |
| 2008 | 12 | #2,156 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,860 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
How popular is Darya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,516th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 43 about 1 in 37,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 43 girls in the US were named Darya, making it the 3,516th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,077th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 50 girls. It first appears in the records in 1961.
Half of all the girls named Darya in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 51 girls in the US were given Darya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,538, up from #3,516 for this spelling alone.
- Darya 43
- Daryah 8
Darya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #3,516 |
| 2024 | 48 | #3,277 |
| 2023 | 43 | #3,584 |
| 2022 | 43 | #3,593 |
| 2021 | 42 | #3,613 |
| 2020 | 34 | #4,077 |
| 2019 | 36 | #4,005 |
| 2018 | 36 | #4,000 |
| 2017 | 45 | #3,435 |
| 2016 | 44 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 39 | #3,841 |
| 2014 | 45 | #3,484 |
| 2013 | 29 | #4,753 |
| 2012 | 28 | #4,955 |
| 2011 | 38 | #3,915 |
| 2010 | 47 | #3,408 |
| 2009 | 41 | #3,799 |
| 2008 | 38 | #4,088 |
| 2007 | 50 | #3,329 |
| 2006 | 29 | #4,810 |
| 2005 | 35 | #4,025 |
| 2004 | 27 | #4,812 |
| 2003 | 39 | #3,586 |
| 2002 | 32 | #3,974 |
| 2001 | 33 | #3,860 |
| 2000 | 34 | #3,733 |
| 1999 | 28 | #4,084 |
| 1998 | 30 | #3,828 |
| 1997 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 1996 | 29 | #3,718 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,792 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,412 |
| 1969 | 13 | #3,957 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
Names like Darya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arya, Anya, Prisha, Aadhya, Navya, Anaya, Aarya, Aavya, Kavya, Saanvi, Vanya, Aanya
Names related to Darya
Daria, Dara, Dariya, Diara, Derya, Dhara, Darrah, Darah, Dayra, Draya, Dariyah, Daira
More Slavic names
Mila, Milan, Vera, Mira, Nadia, Milana, Rayna, Zora, Milena, Raina, Damir, Lev, Siyana, Vlad, Lilyana, Yuri
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, “Darya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/darya, updated 20 October 2026.