Surya
Surya was the 2750th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 47 babies. Its best year was 2009, when it ranked 2047th with 68 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 270 places. More babies were named Surya in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,750 boys, up 968 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 47boys
- Girls and boys
- 18% girls, 82% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 200968 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,549babies recorded
Surya popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #14,734 | #2,750 | 6 | 47 |
| 2020 | #12,024 | #3,718 | 8 | 29 |
| 2010 | #8,654 | #2,819 | 14 | 43 |
| 2000 | #6,447 | #2,421 | 17 | 40 |
| 1990 | #14,984 | — | 5 | — |
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How popular is Surya, counting every spelling?
Surya has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Surya?
47 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Surya (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Surya born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 179 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Surya.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Surya?
About 1,200 people born in the US named Surya are alive today, with a median age of 14; half are between 7 and 20. That makes Surya mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Surya by state
How common Surya was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in California (2.3×). In 46 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
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Questions about the name Surya
How popular is the name Surya?
Surya was the 2750th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 47 babies. Its best year was 2009, when it ranked 2047th with 68 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 270 places. More babies were named Surya in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Surya a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 18% girls, 82% boys given the name Surya in the US.
Where is Surya most popular?
In 2021–2025, Surya was most common in California (0.06 per 1,000 boys), followed by Washington and North Carolina.