Is Surya a boy or girl name?

Surya is a unisex name. Of the 1,549 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 21.6% were girls and 78.4% were boys. It changed hands in 1998, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Surya

Recorded 1977–2025 · United States

Surya was most popular in 2009, when 83 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,066 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,412, with 53 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,549 people named Surya.

Surya over time

Births per year. The dot marks Surya’s peak in 2009. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Surya a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Surya is a unisex name — 21.6% of the 1,549 Americans given it were girls and 78.4% were boys. It changed hands: since 1998 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 17% girls and 83% 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.

Names that peaked alongside Surya

Where Surya is most concentrated

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