Deya
Girl · DEE-ya · Arabic
Deya is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “light, radiance”. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Deya mean?
Arabic: variant of Diya, from Arabic diya 'light'
“light, radiance”
Diya also means 'lamp' in Hindi, so the name is used by both Muslim and Hindu families.
- Say it
- DEE-ya
Is Deya a girl's or a boy's name?
Deya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Deya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,509among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 213% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Deya, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Deya of any year since it first appeared, in 2004.
Half of all the girls named Deya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 66 girls in the UK were given Deya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #592, up from #2,509 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
Deya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
How popular is Deya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Deya, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Deya in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 138 girls in the US were given Deya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,355, up from #11,928 for this spelling alone.
Deya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
Names like Deya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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