Daya is a distinctive choice, ranked #1110 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Daya in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#1110
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About the Name Daya
Daya is currently at its most popular point on record, sitting at UK #918. The name has climbed 531 places in the last five years — a significant surge by any measure. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1997.
Daya is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Daya in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Daya
Hugo Daya — Hugo Daya is a Colombian former cyclist.
Daya Devi Heigrujam — Daya Devi Heigrujam is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a winger for the Indian Women's League club Gokulam Kerala and the India national football team.
Daya Krishna — Daya Krishna was an Indian philosopher.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Daya
Unlikely. With around 30 UK babies named Daya per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Daya in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Daya is rising: up 339 places since 2020, to #1,110 in 2025. Its best recorded position was #918 in 2024.
Daya is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Daya include: Hugo Daya and Daya Devi Heigrujam. Short summaries for each appear below.
Daya does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Dayas in the wild.
30
UK babies named Daya (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 339 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Daya
Almost certainly the only Daya in the class
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UK Popularity (1998–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Daya
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Daya Devi Heigrujam is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a winger for the Indian Women's League club Gokulam Kerala and the India national football team.
Velayutham Dayanidhi was a leading member and media spokesman for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a separatist Tamil militant organisation in Sri Lanka.
Daya Shankar was an officer of the Indian Revenue Service who served in the Indian Customs and erstwhile Central Excise Department in Mumbai, Goa & Daman.