Persia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- PUR-zha
- Origin
- Persian
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Persia is a girls' name of Persian origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Persia mean?
Persian: from Greek Persis, from Old Persian Parsa
Persia is the historical English name for Iran, from the Old Persian Parsa.
Is Persia a girl's or a boy's name?
Persia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Persia in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Persia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Persia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,831 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Persia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Persia, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 73 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
2025 had more girls named Persia than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Persia in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Persia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,794 |
| 2015 | 23 | #5,651 |
| 2014 | 21 | #5,991 |
| 2013 | 29 | #4,753 |
| 2012 | 33 | #4,385 |
| 2011 | 38 | #3,915 |
| 2010 | 39 | #3,888 |
| 2009 | 31 | #4,676 |
| 2008 | 49 | #3,376 |
| 2007 | 73 | #2,541 |
| 2006 | 62 | #2,815 |
| 2005 | 61 | #2,727 |
| 2004 | 32 | #4,283 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
Names like Persia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mia, Aria, Sophia, Esme, Lucia, Ava, Piper, Olivia, Victoria, Dua, Zofia, Coco
Names related to Persia
More Persian names
Jasper, Esther, Jasmine, Casper, Cyrus, Yasmin, Darius, Zorawar, Kiyan, Rumi, Yasmine, Kasper, Mahnoor, Dario, Arian, Arman
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, “Persia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/persia, updated 20 October 2026.