Iya
Girl · EE-yah · Greek
Iya is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “violet”. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Iya mean?
Greek: Russian form of Greek Ia
“violet”
Russian form of the Greek Ia, linked to ion 'violet'; in Yoruba, iya is also the word for mother.
- Say it
- EE-yah
Is Iya a girl's or a boy's name?
Iya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Iya in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Iya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Iya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
How popular is Iya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Iya, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
2025 had fewer girls named Iya than any year since 2013.
Half of all the girls named Iya in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Iya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 23 | #5,651 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
Names like Iya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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