Given name

Eya

Eya is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Eya isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2003. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Eya through the years

Babies since 1880
11
0 boys · 11 girls
Most popular year
2008
6 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Eya in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2003–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 122 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.

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The ring: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Eya

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Eya, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Yaa

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

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Ahmyah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

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Ayunna

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Jenniyah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Eyonna

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Idaya

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Kenah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Leniya

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Eya’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.