Zaia
Zaia was the 2644th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 66 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 1723rd with 120 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 4,957 places. More babies were named Zaia in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,644 girls, up 244 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 66girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2023120 babies
- Total since 1880
- 627babies recorded
Zaia popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 17 since 2022.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
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| 2025 | #2,644 | 66 |
| 2020 | #2,888 | 57 |
| 2010 | #14,922 | 7 |
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How popular is Zaia, counting every spelling?
Zaia is a spelling of Zaya, a name family that ranked #899 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,644 for Zaia on its own. Together these spellings went to 280 girls in 2025.
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Zaia?
66 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Zaia (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Zaia born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 127 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Zaia.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Zaia?
About 600 people born in the US named Zaia are alive today, with a median age of 4; half are between 3 and 8. That makes Zaia a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Zaia by state
How common Zaia was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in California (1.6×). In 43 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Zaia: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Zaia, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Zaia
How popular is the name Zaia?
Zaia was the 2644th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 66 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 1723rd with 120 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 4,957 places. More babies were named Zaia in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Zaia a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Zaia in the US.
Where is Zaia most popular?
In 2021–2025, Zaia was most common in California (0.07 per 1,000 girls), followed by Florida and New York.