girls:
315 births since 1989
#5401 (5th percentile)
boys:
1.1k births since 1977
#3484 (24th percentile)
overall:
1.4k births since 1977
#6311 (18th percentile)
The name Surya is the #6,311 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,434 recorded births since 1977. This represents the 18.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 18.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,484 (24.0% percentile) for all time with 1,119 births since 1977. For girls, it ranks #5,401 (5.5% percentile) for all time with 315 births since 1989.
Surya first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1977 (1977 for boys and 1989 for girls). Birth data for Surya is available in 35 out of the 47 years between 1977 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Surya has been given predominantly to boys, with 78.0% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 75.0% of babies named Surya were boys.
For boys, Surya reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 7.0% percentile (ranked #838) with 32 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 32 births per million (ranked 7.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Surya ranks #871 for boys (4.4% percentile) with 25 births per million, which is 76.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Surya reached its peak popularity in 1994, achieving the 1.9% percentile (ranked #829) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Surya ranks #937 for girls (1.1% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 79.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Surya".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Surya. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 84.4% confident that Surya is pronounced as SOOR-yuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SER-yuh, at 15.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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