Seiya
Seiya (星矢) is a masculine name of Japanese origin. It is a common masculine Japanese given name.
Meaning & Origin of Seiya
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Seiya (星矢) is a masculine name of Japanese origin. It is a common masculine Japanese given name.
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The Story of Seiya
Seiya first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1996, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2005, when 10 Seiyas were born — ranking #7,096 that year. As of 2026, Seiya ranks #8,287 for baby boys with 9 births, with steady use. In total, more than 102 Seiyas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Notable people named Seiya
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Seiya Adachi (安達安 星矢, born 1995), Japanese water polo player
- Seiya Ando (安藤 誓哉, born 1992), Japanese basketball player
- Asahifuji Seiya (旭富士 正也, born 1960), Japanese sumo wrestler
- Seiya Baba (馬場 晴也, born 2001) is a Japanese professional footballer
- Seiya Da Costa Lay (born 2001) is an Indonesian professional footballer.
- Seiya Fujita (藤田 征也, born 1987), Japanese footballer
- Seiya Hosokawa (細川 成也, born 1988), Japanese baseball player
- Seiya Inoue (baseball) ( 井上 晴哉 ; born 1989) , Japanese baseball player
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Names that sound like Seiya
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About the name Seiya
Seiya is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1996 and has accumulated 102 births in the dataset. Seiya's peak popularity came in 2005 when it ranked #7,096. Use the chart and map above to compare Seiya's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.