Zarya
Zarya was the 5550th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 23 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 3650th with 43 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 96 places. More babies were named Zarya in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,550 girls, down 1,005 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 23girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202243 babies
- Total since 1880
- 667babies recorded
Zarya popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,550 | 23 |
| 2020 | #4,545 | 30 |
| 2010 | #8,692 | 14 |
| 2000 | #6,482 | 17 |
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How popular is Zarya, counting every spelling?
Zarya is a spelling of Zaryah, a name family that had 67 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 67 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zaryah | 44 | #3,515 | 218 |
| Zarya | 23 | #5,550 | 169 |
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 Zarya?
23 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Zarya (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Zarya 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 363 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Zarya.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Zarya?
About 700 people born in the US named Zarya are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 5 and 18. That makes Zarya 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.
Zarya by state
How common Zarya 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
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Questions about the name Zarya
How popular is the name Zarya?
Zarya was the 5550th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 23 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 3650th with 43 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 96 places. More babies were named Zarya in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Zarya a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Zarya in the US.
Where is Zarya most popular?
In 2021–2025, Zarya was most common in Georgia (0.02 per 1,000 girls), followed by Florida and California.