Surya
Boy · Sanskrit
Surya is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “the sun or its deity”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 2,718th for boys in the US (47 babies).
What does Surya mean?
Sanskrit
“the sun or its deity”
A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
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Is Surya a girl's or a boy's name?
Surya is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 6 girls and 47 boys in the US.
How popular is Surya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 71% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Surya, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 12 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Surya than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Surya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2023, 27% of the babies named Surya in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Surya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
How popular is Surya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,718among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 47about 1 in 36,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 47 boys in the US were named Surya, making it the 2,718th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,650th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 68 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977. 6 girls were also named Surya in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
Half of all the boys named Surya in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 11% of the babies named Surya in the US were girls.
Surya in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | #2,718 |
| 2024 | 49 | #2,674 |
| 2023 | 45 | #2,804 |
| 2022 | 44 | #2,871 |
| 2021 | 55 | #2,438 |
| 2020 | 29 | #3,650 |
| 2019 | 42 | #2,896 |
| 2018 | 49 | #2,578 |
| 2017 | 41 | #2,890 |
| 2016 | 49 | #2,550 |
| 2015 | 51 | #2,456 |
| 2014 | 44 | #2,703 |
| 2013 | 42 | #2,761 |
| 2012 | 44 | #2,715 |
| 2011 | 44 | #2,698 |
| 2010 | 43 | #2,786 |
| 2009 | 68 | #2,034 |
| 2008 | 51 | #2,466 |
| 2007 | 46 | #2,643 |
| 2006 | 47 | #2,541 |
| 2005 | 36 | #2,898 |
| 2004 | 36 | #2,839 |
| 2003 | 39 | #2,575 |
| 2002 | 36 | #2,628 |
| 2001 | 40 | #2,425 |
| 2000 | 40 | #2,375 |
| 1999 | 24 | #3,275 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
Names like Surya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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