# Surya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/surya/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “the sun”, “its deity” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,549 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,215 / 334 (22% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 149, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सूर्य (sū́rya, “the sun or its deity”). Doublet of sun.

## What it means

Surya is grouped under god and sun.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 15 | 8,417 |
| 2010 | 14 | 8,654 |
| 2011 | 14 | 8,572 |
| 2012 | 10 | 11,172 |
| 2014 | 8 | 12,945 |
| 2015 | 10 | 10,779 |
| 2016 | 8 | 12,760 |
| 2018 | 11 | 9,744 |
| 2019 | 15 | 7,679 |
| 2020 | 8 | 12,024 |
| 2021 | 9 | 11,062 |
| 2022 | 8 | 12,121 |
| 2023 | 15 | 7,595 |
| 2024 | 13 | 8,377 |
| 2025 | 6 | 14,734 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 44 | 2,739 |
| 2012 | 44 | 2,760 |
| 2013 | 42 | 2,800 |
| 2014 | 44 | 2,746 |
| 2015 | 51 | 2,480 |
| 2016 | 49 | 2,584 |
| 2017 | 41 | 2,939 |
| 2018 | 49 | 2,611 |
| 2019 | 42 | 2,936 |
| 2020 | 29 | 3,718 |
| 2021 | 55 | 2,459 |
| 2022 | 44 | 2,911 |
| 2023 | 45 | 2,841 |
| 2024 | 49 | 2,707 |
| 2025 | 47 | 2,750 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4,294 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2010 | 6 | 2,941 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,039 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2,660 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,404 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,048 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1,951 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 日天, 日天子, 蘇利耶 /苏利耶
- Hindi: सूर्य
- Japanese: スーリヤ, 日天
- Korean: 수리야, 일천
- Vietnamese: Nhật Thiên

## People named Surya

- Surya Bonaly, French figure skater
- Surya Sen, British Indian Bengali revolutionary (1894-1934)

## 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.