Donya
Girl · don-YAH · Arabic
Donya is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “the world”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Donya mean?
Arabic: Persian form of Arabic dunya
“the world”
Chiefly an Iranian girls' name; Persian borrowed dunya, 'the world', from Arabic.
- Say it
- don-YAH
Is Donya a girl's or a boy's name?
Donya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Donya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Donya, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 11 girls.
2025 had more girls named Donya than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Donya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Donya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,831 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Donya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Donya, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 1970, with 100 girls. It first appears in the records in 1934.
Half of all the girls named Donya in the US since 1880 were born between 1970 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2007, 85% of the babies named Donya in the US were girls.
Donya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 35 | #4,298 |
| 2006 | 38 | #3,918 |
| 2005 | 46 | #3,313 |
| 2004 | 39 | #3,685 |
| 2003 | 26 | #4,799 |
| 2002 | 57 | #2,670 |
| 2001 | 48 | #2,959 |
| 2000 | 34 | #3,733 |
| 1999 | 36 | #3,440 |
| 1998 | 33 | #3,570 |
| 1997 | 30 | #3,713 |
| 1996 | 28 | #3,826 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,212 |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,840 |
| 1993 | 44 | #2,720 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,679 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 29 | #3,618 |
| 1989 | 27 | #3,667 |
| 1988 | 30 | #3,220 |
| 1987 | 17 | #4,656 |
| 1986 | 24 | #3,552 |
| 1985 | 25 | #3,418 |
| 1984 | 25 | #3,328 |
| 1983 | 28 | #2,974 |
| 1982 | 25 | #3,343 |
| 1981 | 28 | #3,066 |
| 1980 | 43 | #2,278 |
| 1979 | 54 | #1,917 |
| 1978 | 45 | #2,092 |
| 1977 | 40 | #2,257 |
| 1976 | 57 | #1,694 |
| 1975 | 49 | #1,854 |
| 1974 | 60 | #1,578 |
| 1973 | 63 | #1,496 |
| 1972 | 75 | #1,337 |
| 1971 | 97 | #1,176 |
| 1970 | 100 | #1,154 |
| 1969 | 82 | #1,234 |
| 1968 | 63 | #1,418 |
| 1967 | 67 | #1,336 |
| 1966 | 50 | #1,586 |
| 1965 | 44 | #1,689 |
| 1964 | 34 | #2,039 |
| 1963 | 35 | #1,980 |
| 1962 | 46 | #1,671 |
| 1961 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1960 | 16 | #3,094 |
| 1959 | 17 | #2,868 |
| 1958 | 17 | #2,861 |
| 1957 | 10 | #3,929 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,068 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,343 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,442 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,427 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,284 |
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