Zaya
Zaya was the 1317th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 170 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 1167th with 207 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 834 places. More babies were named Zaya in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,317 girls, up 100 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 170girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2023207 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,590babies recorded
Zaya popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 58 since 1997.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,317 | 170 |
| 2020 | #1,417 | 155 |
| 2010 | #3,813 | 41 |
| 2000 | #5,702 | 20 |
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How popular is Zaya, counting every spelling?
Zaya is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #899 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,317 for Zaya 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 Zaya?
170 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Zaya (0.05 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Zaya 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 49 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Zaya.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Zaya?
About 2,500 people born in the US named Zaya are alive today, with a median age of 8; half are between 4 and 12. That makes Zaya 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.
Zaya by state
How common Zaya was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Massachusetts (2.0×), California (1.5×). In 25 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 Zaya: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Zaya, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Zaya
How popular is the name Zaya?
Zaya was the 1317th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 170 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 1167th with 207 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 834 places. More babies were named Zaya in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Zaya a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Zaya in the US.
Where is Zaya most popular?
In 2021–2025, Zaya was most common in Hawaii (0.44 per 1,000 girls), followed by Massachusetts and Oregon.