# Diya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/diya/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “earthen lamp” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,091 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 12 / 5,079 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,057, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दिया (diyā, “earthen lamp”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 288 | 907 |
| 2012 | 248 | 1,022 |
| 2013 | 208 | 1,156 |
| 2014 | 209 | 1,173 |
| 2015 | 257 | 1,037 |
| 2016 | 243 | 1,075 |
| 2017 | 227 | 1,110 |
| 2018 | 191 | 1,224 |
| 2019 | 162 | 1,385 |
| 2020 | 149 | 1,450 |
| 2021 | 143 | 1,488 |
| 2022 | 135 | 1,579 |
| 2023 | 121 | 1,700 |
| 2024 | 122 | 1,676 |
| 2025 | 119 | 1,714 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 7 | 10,150 |
| 2009 | 5 | 12,981 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 119 | 390 |
| 2012 | 127 | 374 |
| 2013 | 106 | 401 |
| 2014 | 110 | 396 |
| 2015 | 100 | 440 |
| 2016 | 73 | 573 |
| 2017 | 80 | 541 |
| 2018 | 53 | 745 |
| 2019 | 61 | 641 |
| 2020 | 51 | 720 |
| 2021 | 52 | 720 |
| 2022 | 48 | 762 |
| 2023 | 51 | 706 |
| 2024 | 49 | 767 |
| 2025 | 43 | 834 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: दिया

## People named Diya

- Diya Siddique, Bangladeshi archer (* 2004)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.