Oriya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- oh-REE-yah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Oriya is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “light of God”. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Oriya mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Oriyah, itself a spelling of Oriya
“light of God”
Meaning borrowed from Oriyah.
Is Oriya a girl's or a boy's name?
Oriya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Oriya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 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, 10 girls in the US were named Oriya, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 2004.
Half of all the girls named Oriya in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Oriya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
Names like Oriya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amoura Zamira Hadassah Adhara Raya Adira Salem Siya Asiya Alaya Hadassa Safiya
Names related to Oriya
More Hebrew names
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Oriya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/oriya, updated 20 October 2026.