Siya

What Siya means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Siya yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,758 in 2015, #878 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Siya?

US: Rising: up from #1758 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1033 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 304 girls got the name (#878 that year). First in the US records in 2000.

How common

• About 1 in 5,287 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,567 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NJ (0.73 per 1,000 girls), WA (0.73 per 1,000 girls), MA (0.5 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Siya is #878 in the US and #561 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Siya were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Zoya252 US · 208 E&W
• Zaya170 US · 30 E&W
• Ziya100 US · 20 E&W
• Zya102 US · 4 E&W
• Ziyah62 US · 9 E&W
• Saya59 US · 10 E&W
• Zaiya40 US · 5 E&W
• Zeya24 US · 18 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Siya

Girls

• Lola#275Editor’s note Down from #224 in 2015 to #275 in 2025 in the US
• Leila#259Editor’s note Steady in the US: #247 in 2015 and #259 in 2025
• Ximena#183Basque, meaning “son”^*
• Layla#36Editor’s note Down from #30 in 2015 to #36 in 2025 in the US
• Ella#29Short form of Eleanor, possibly meaning “other”^*
• Norah#262Form of Eleanor, possibly meaning “other”^*

For a brother

• Beckham#168“homestead”^*
• Zayden#213Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 2000, with 11 babies
• Julian#25“Roman personal name”^*
• Jude#155possibly “praised”^*
• Emiliano#94Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #94 vs #1,359 in 2025
• Cohen#225Editor’s note Up from #336 in 2015 to #225 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Siya’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.