Oviya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- OH-vee-ya
- Origin
- Tamil
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Oviya is a girls' name of Tamil origin, meaning “painting, picture”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Oviya mean?
Tamil: from oviyam 'painting'
“painting, picture”
Is Oviya a girl's or a boy's name?
Oviya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Oviya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Oviya, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2012, with 10 girls.
2025 had more girls named Oviya than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Oviya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Oviya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
How popular is Oviya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Oviya, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2011, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
2025 had more girls named Oviya than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Oviya in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Oviya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
Names like Oviya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha, Anaya, Anvika, Arya, Arshiya, Saanvi, Priya, Haniya, Iniya, Saanvika, Aadhya, Akshara
Names related to Oviya
More Tamil names
Nila, Aathiran, Aadhiran, Nilah, Kavin, Aadhav, Adhiran, Venba, Athiran, Kayal, Kalai, Kannan, Valli, Nithila, Iniyan, Yazhini
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, “Oviya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/oviya, updated 20 October 2026.