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Surya

#2,750 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

The sun or its deity

Surya has been given to 1,549 babies in the U.S. since 1977. In 2025 it ranked #2,750 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2009, with 68 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 78% boys, 22% girls all-time.

Babies named Surya, 2025

1 in 70,500

Surya over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Surya over time

In 2025, Surya went to 11% girls and 89% boys.

19772025

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.

Surya: meaning, origin, and history

The sun or its deity

Sanskrit

What Surya means

Surya means “the sun or its deity”, associated with sū́rya.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Borrowed from Sanskrit सूर्य (sū́rya, “the sun or its deity”). Doublet of sun.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Surya (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Surya is used in English. Its origins include Sanskrit.

Surya comes through Sanskrit सूर्य.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include sun.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,215 boys were recorded with the name Surya between 1977 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 68 in 2009; its best national rank was #2,046 in 2009.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #3,715 in 2020 to #2,750 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,479 in 2015 to #2,750 in 2025.

In the United States, 334 girls were recorded with the name Surya between 1989 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 21 in 1994; its best national rank was #4,817 in 1994.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #12,019 in 2020 to #14,730 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #10,774 in 2015 to #14,730 in 2025.

How common is Surya?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 70,500
47 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 36,300
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,750
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
48,893 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Surya sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 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 48,893 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Surya. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Suryas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Surya was born before 2012 — so the typical Surya is around 13 today.

Median birth year
2012
About 13 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
37.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
91.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,215
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 37.0% of all recorded uses (449).

Is Surya 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
−43
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+965
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−271
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.92×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
69.1%
Peak was 2009 (68)
Years since peak
16
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
17.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,046
2009

Spellings of Surya

Surya is not the most common spelling — Arya is, with 20.8% against Surya's 10.8%.

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.

Where Surya is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Surya was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 184,608 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2New Jersey1 in 100,000
  3. 3Texas1 in 100,000
  4. 4Illinois1 in —
  5. 5North Carolina1 in —
  6. 6New York1 in —
  7. 7Ohio1 in —
  8. 8Pennsylvania1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Surya has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Surya is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Surya was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,358,056 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Surya has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Surya around the world

Where Surya ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2001–2025
    #4,275
    in 2025
  • France
    1984–2025
    #4,979
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2006–2023
    #1,853
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    1985–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Surya by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,750
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 965
Best rank ever
#2,046
2009
Peak year
2009
68 that year
First recorded
1977
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,215
Count in 2025
47

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#14,730
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,711
Best rank ever
#4,817
1994
Peak year
1994
21 that year
First recorded
1989
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
334
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Surya

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

SurajSurenAaryaAryaShauryaShouryaSurafelSureshSuryanshSurielDhairyaAzaryaZakaryaSuremSuriyaMouryaSouryaMauryaSauryaSooryaRyaBryaZacharyaZecharya

Sibling names for Surya

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

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