Seiya
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SAY-yah
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Seiya is a boys' name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Seiya mean?
Japanese: Japanese; meaning depends on the kanji used
Known from Seiya, the hero of the manga and anime Saint Seiya.
Is Seiya a girl's or a boy's name?
Seiya is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Seiya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Seiya, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 10 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.
2025 had more boys named Seiya than any year since 2008.
Half of all the boys named Seiya in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Seiya in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
Names like Seiya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Musa, Zahir, Zamir, Zayd, Salem, Nazir, Samir, Saif, Khaza, Muhammad, Zayan
Names related to Seiya
More Japanese names
Kobe, Kaizen, Raiden, Ren, Akari, Kenzo, Ronin, Kyomi, Akira, Yuna, Emi, Kiyomi, Kairi, Miya, Kenji, Reo
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, “Seiya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/seiya, updated 20 October 2026.