Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Iya 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 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Iya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 412
- 0 boys · 412 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 23 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #7,639 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +3%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,639 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 3.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 23 in 2015. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 432 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.
Iya’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Iya
- Iya SavvinaSoviet and Russian actress (1936-2011)
- Iya KivaUkrainian poet, translator, journalist, criticborn 1984
- Iya ArepinaSoviet actress (1930-2003)
- Iya GavrilovaRussian ice hockey playerborn 1987
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.