Zaiya
Zaiya was the 3776th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 40 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 3524th with 45 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 945 places. More babies were named Zaiya in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,776 girls, down 103 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 40girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202345 babies
- Total since 1880
- 564babies recorded
Zaiya popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
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| 2025 | #3,776 | 40 |
| 2020 | #3,673 | 41 |
| 2010 | #9,215 | 13 |
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How popular is Zaiya, counting every spelling?
Zaiya is the most common spelling of a name family that had 52 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 52 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zaiya | 40 | #3,776 | 170 |
| Zaiyah | 12 | #8,843 | 77 |
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 Zaiya?
40 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Zaiya (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Zaiya 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 210 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Zaiya.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Zaiya?
About 600 people born in the US named Zaiya are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 5 and 13. That makes Zaiya 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.
Zaiya by state
How common Zaiya was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 47 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 Zaiya: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Zaiya, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Zaiya
How popular is the name Zaiya?
Zaiya was the 3776th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 40 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 3524th with 45 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 945 places. More babies were named Zaiya in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Zaiya a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Zaiya in the US.
Where is Zaiya most popular?
In 2021–2025, Zaiya was most common in Georgia (0.02 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and Florida.