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How popular is the name Dia?

Births per year, rank history and how many Dias are alive today.

Dia (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Diya in England and Wales, ranked 2788th in 2025 and given to 9 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2014, when 18 babies were given the name, the 1628th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2023, with 18 babies given the name that year.

Across all spellings of the name, the Diya you are most likely to meet is around 15 years old. Half of all Diyas born in England and Wales are between 9 and 19, and there are at least 2,300 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Diya - on average, only one in every 137 such rooms contains a Diya.

How many babies are named Dia each year?

Includes all spellings: Dia, Diya. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

050100150200020201996: 31997: 41998: 41999: 32000: 82001: 142002: 342003: 532004: 852005: 1222006: 1242007: 1432008: 1272009: 1302010: 1392011: 1322012: 1422013: 1162014: 1282015: 1152016: 842017: 872018: 572019: 732020: 592021: 622022: 592023: 692024: 612025: 52actual

Where does the Dia spelling rank?

1101001,0005,00020202003: ranked 4,3732004: ranked 3,7252005: ranked 1,5002006: ranked 2,5092007: ranked 2,8952008: ranked 3,0052009: ranked 4,5642010: ranked 1,9012011: ranked 2,0252012: ranked 1,8932013: ranked 2,4602014: ranked 1,6282015: ranked 1,8652016: ranked 2,3672017: ranked 3,2292018: ranked 4,6842019: ranked 2,1702020: ranked 2,8432021: ranked 2,4992022: ranked 2,3252023: ranked 1,6402024: ranked 2,2542025: ranked 2,788

Where does the Diya spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 3,7951997: ranked 3,1741998: ranked 3,1421999: ranked 3,9002000: ranked 1,9952001: ranked 1,3592002: ranked 7502003: ranked 5832004: ranked 4392005: ranked 3762006: ranked 3652007: ranked 3262008: ranked 3682009: ranked 3462010: ranked 3612011: ranked 3902012: ranked 3742013: ranked 4012014: ranked 3962015: ranked 4402016: ranked 5732017: ranked 5412018: ranked 7452019: ranked 6412020: ranked 7202021: ranked 7202022: ranked 7622023: ranked 7062024: ranked 7672025: ranked 834

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Dia per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 143 in 2007
Dia: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Dia most popular?

The most popular form of the name, Diya, peaked in 2007, when 143 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Dia spelling itself peaked in 2014, with 18 babies.

How many people are called Dia?

At least 2,300 people named Dia in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Dia?

Most living Dias are between 9 and 19; the most common age is about 15.

Is Dia becoming more or less popular?

Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.






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