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Dia

Gender
Girl
Say it
DEE-uh
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#2,344 for girls
US rank, 2025
#4,171 for girls

Dia is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 4,171st for girls in the US (34 babies).

What does Dia mean?

Greek: Greek mythological name, or short for names like Diana

In Greek myth Dia was the wife of Ixion; dia is also the Spanish and Portuguese word for day.

Is Dia a girl's or a boy's name?

Dia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK and 34 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Dia in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,344among girls
Babies in 2025
12about 1 in 23,000 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 65% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Dia, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 19 girls.

Half of all the girls named Dia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.

2002Busiest: 19 in 20142025
Dia in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202512#2,344
202412#2,323
202319#1,666
202213#2,157
202110#2,658
20209#2,766
201912#2,275
20185#4,204
20177#3,395
201612#2,363
201517#1,813
201419#1,656
201310#2,599
201215#2,005
201113#2,152
201014#2,004
20094#4,795
20088#2,895
20077#3,060
20068#2,657
200515#1,608
20044#3,916
20033#4,560
20021#5,540

How popular is Dia in the US?

Rank in 2025
#4,171among girls
Babies in 2025
34about 1 in 47,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 5% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 34 girls in the US were named Dia, making it the 4,171st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,179th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 62 girls. It first appears in the records in 1948.

2025 had fewer girls named Dia than any year since 2005.

Half of all the girls named Dia in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.

1948Busiest: 62 in 20152025
Dia in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202534#4,171
202435#4,113
202354#3,047
202248#3,312
202145#3,434
202049#3,179
201940#3,717
201840#3,738
201742#3,626
201650#3,229
201562#2,810
201454#3,078
201356#2,972
201260#2,865
201144#3,549
201041#3,744
200941#3,799
200836#4,267
200736#4,212
200635#4,164
200534#4,114
200428#4,703
200317#6,571
200214#7,438
200122#5,169
200021#5,307
199927#4,197
199820#5,119
199721#4,815
199619#5,060
199516#5,672
199412#7,091
199326#3,982
199219#5,044
199127#3,811
199022#4,375
198920#4,516
198828#3,388
198724#3,621
198621#3,888
198529#3,083
198428#3,068
198320#3,805
198234#2,704
198133#2,723
198040#2,391
197940#2,343
197840#2,269
197743#2,162
197638#2,210
197527#2,743
197437#2,172
197337#2,127
197244#1,890
197139#2,107
197046#1,877
196938#2,023
196843#1,812
196732#2,079
196634#1,982
196529#2,204
196417#3,107
196312#3,800
196216#3,160
196111#4,008
196015#3,211
195915#3,103
195813#3,378
195713#3,308
19567#4,836
19558#4,375
19540–
19536#5,039
19528#4,122
19518#4,010
19505#5,299
19490–
19485#5,241

Names like Dia

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Sophia Mia Lara Aria Lucia Dua Ariana Thea Esme Lyra Maria Zofia

Names related to Dia

Diya Deia

More Greek names

Luca Theodore George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris

Every Greek name

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, “Dia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dia, updated 20 October 2026.