girl's name

Divya

  • Origin Indian
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 3,616

Divya is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 23 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Divya is a name of Indian origin.
  • Peaked in 2001, when 113 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 144,155 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1971.

Divya over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Divya by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 32
1980s 185
1990s 610
2000s 991
2010s 670
2020s (to 2025) 197

How popular is Divya?

In 2025, Divya was given to 23 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Divya is used

France #3,156 10 in 2025
Canada #3,297 6 in 2024
England & Wales #4,662 5 in 2025
United States #5,493 23 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Divya

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Divya also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Divya over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Divya

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Divya — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Divya

How popular is the name Divya?

In 2025, Divya was given to 23 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Divya a girl's or a boy's name?

Divya is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Divya most popular?

Divya peaked in 2001, when 113 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Divya a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Divya currently ranks #3,156 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.