Given name
Diya
“earthen lamp”
Diya is a feminine given name from Sanskrit, meaning “earthen lamp.”
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Diya is a variant of Diyā'. An origin associated with Diyā' is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Diya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,091
- 12 boys · 5,079 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 314 babies
- 2025
- 119
- #1,714 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −34%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 119 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,714 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 34.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 309 in 2009. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (31). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,752 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Diya’s family of names
Diya has a related form in Diyā'. In English usage, Diya has a conventional equivalent in the Hindi form दिया.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Diya
- Diya SiddiqueBangladeshi archer (* 2004)
- Diya KumariIndian politicianborn 1971
- Diya BeeltahMiss Mauritius 2012born 1989
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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