Given name
Satya
“the unchangeable truth”
Satya is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “the unchangeable truth.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “the unchangeable truth.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Satya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 617
- 232 boys · 385 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 36 babies
- 2025
- 21
- #6,387 for boys · #12,963 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −23%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,387 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 9.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 18 in 2015. It also appeared in 7 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,364 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.
Satya’s family of names
Satya has a related form in Satiya. Satya has a related form in Satyana.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Satya
- Satya NadellaIndian-American business executive and CEO of Microsoftborn 1967
- S. N. GoenkaBurmese teacher of vipassanā meditation (1924–2013)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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