Viya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- VEE-ya
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Viya is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
Is Viya a girl's or a boy's name?
Viya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Viya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Viya, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Viya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Viya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
How popular is Viya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,131st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 61% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Viya, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 2014.
Half of all the girls named Viya in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Viya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 25 | #5,169 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
Names like Viya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha, Viha, Aavya, Saanvi, Aadhya, Anvika, Vaani, Aarvi, Gurnaaz, Anvi, Priya, Navya
Names related to Viya
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, “Viya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/viya, updated 20 October 2026.