Recorded 1991–2025 · United States
Diya was most popular in 2009, when 314 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,607 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,143, with 119 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 5,091 people named Diya.
Diya first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1991, which makes it about 34 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 33 of the 35 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 5,091 American births named Diya between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 5,052 are estimated to be alive today.
119 American babies were named Diya in 2025, ranking #3,143 that year.
Diya is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 128 births a year, against 242 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -47% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Diya is a girl’s name — 99.8% of the 5,091 Americans given it were girls and 0.2% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 5,052 Americans named Diya are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 15 years old, and half are between 9 and 19. That is a narrow band: Diya arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org