Konya

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Literal meaning not recorded

Konya has been given to 68 babies in the U.S. since 1962. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1970, with 9 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 91% girls, 9% boys all-time.

Babies named Konya, 1980

1 in 689,000

Konya over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Konya over time

In 2004, Konya went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

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A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Konya: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Konya means

Konya is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Konya is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 62 girls were recorded with the name Konya between 1962 and 1980. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1970; its best national rank was #5,599 in 1970.

In the United States, 6 boys were recorded with the name Konya between 2004 and 2004. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2004; its best national rank was #10,746 in 2004.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Konya?

Konya had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1980, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1980: 1 in 689,000; 5 of 3,444,198 births
Among girls only: 1 in 332,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1980: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 477,468 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Konya sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1980 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 477,468 children born in 1980 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Konya. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Konyas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Konya was born before 1971 — so the typical Konya is around 54 today.

Median birth year: 1971; About 54 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 64.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 62; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 64.5% of all recorded uses (40).

Is Konya rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1970 (9)
Years since peak: 55; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 18.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,599; 1970

Spellings of Konya

Konya is not the most common spelling — Donna is, with 49.7% against Konya's <0.01%.

Donna49.7%831,641
Tonya7.2%120,421
Tanya7.0%116,855
Sonia4.0%66,747
Sonya3.9%65,772
Mona2.7%45,787
Sonja2.4%39,513
Ronda2.1%34,315

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Konya by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,599; 1970
Peak year: 1970; 9 that year
First recorded: 1962
Last recorded: 1980
All-time count: 62
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #10,746; 2004
Peak year: 2004; 6 that year
First recorded: 2004
Last recorded: 2004
All-time count: 6
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Konya

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Konley Konda Hanya Aranya Avanya Kona Konica Zenya Konni Conya Lonya Zonya Konnor Koneta Venya Tenya Vonya Jonya Renya Konner Sunya Bitanya Visenya Aunya

Sibling names for Konya

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Nicolle Janeen Corinna Marlo Lashawn Shonda Jeana Jeanna

For a brother

Judd Douglass Alfonzo Edwardo Shon Brant Scot Darrick

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