Diya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DEE-ya
- Origin
- Hindi
- UK rank, 2025
- #812 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,710 for girls
Diya is a girls' name of Hindi origin, meaning “lamp, light”. In 2025 it ranked 812th for girls in the UK (48 babies) and 1,710th for girls in the US (119 babies).
What does Diya mean?
Hindi: Hindi word for a lamp; also Arabic Diya, light
“lamp, light”
A diya is a small clay oil lamp, lit in great numbers during Diwali; in Arabic Diya means light.
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Is Diya a girl's or a boy's name?
Diya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 48 girls in the UK and 119 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Diya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #812among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 48about 1 in 5,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 48 girls in the UK were named Diya, making it the 812th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 762nd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 139 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Diya than any year since 2002.
Half of all the girls named Diya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 66 girls in the UK were given Diya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #592, up from #812 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 834th in England and Wales and 539th in Scotland.
Diya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48 | #812 |
| 2024 | 52 | #785 |
| 2023 | 51 | #768 |
| 2022 | 49 | #792 |
| 2021 | 52 | #780 |
| 2020 | 53 | #762 |
| 2019 | 62 | #684 |
| 2018 | 55 | #774 |
| 2017 | 83 | #566 |
| 2016 | 74 | #619 |
| 2015 | 100 | #479 |
| 2014 | 111 | #435 |
| 2013 | 110 | #427 |
| 2012 | 129 | #402 |
| 2011 | 124 | #408 |
| 2010 | 128 | #391 |
| 2009 | 129 | #378 |
| 2008 | 122 | #400 |
| 2007 | 139 | #351 |
| 2006 | 117 | #391 |
| 2005 | 109 | #400 |
| 2004 | 84 | #465 |
| 2003 | 51 | #623 |
| 2002 | 36 | #762 |
| 2001 | 14 | #1,461 |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Diya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,710among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 119about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 119 girls in the US were named Diya, making it the 1,710th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,448th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 309 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
2025 had fewer girls named Diya than any year since 2002.
Half of all the girls named Diya in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 138 girls in the US were given Diya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,355, up from #1,710 for this spelling alone.
Diya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 119 | #1,710 |
| 2024 | 122 | #1,676 |
| 2023 | 121 | #1,699 |
| 2022 | 135 | #1,573 |
| 2021 | 143 | #1,487 |
| 2020 | 149 | #1,448 |
| 2019 | 162 | #1,383 |
| 2018 | 191 | #1,223 |
| 2017 | 227 | #1,108 |
| 2016 | 243 | #1,074 |
| 2015 | 257 | #1,036 |
| 2014 | 209 | #1,173 |
| 2013 | 208 | #1,152 |
| 2012 | 248 | #1,018 |
| 2011 | 288 | #905 |
| 2010 | 280 | #925 |
| 2009 | 309 | #887 |
| 2008 | 264 | #1,002 |
| 2007 | 269 | #991 |
| 2006 | 232 | #1,090 |
| 2005 | 257 | #958 |
| 2004 | 281 | #873 |
| 2003 | 140 | #1,415 |
| 2002 | 92 | #1,913 |
| 2001 | 54 | #2,736 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
Names like Diya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha Saanvi Arya Riya Priya Anaya Aadhya Aarya Jiya Anya Raya Isha
Other spellings of Diya
Names related to Diya
More Hindi names
Meera Reyansh Sai Shanaya Neev Aarush Rivaan Samaira Rishaan Sanaya Tulsi Muskan Rivan Neha Ridhi Rishan
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, “Diya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/diya, updated 20 October 2026.