Zayah
Zayah was the 3516th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 44 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 2673rd with 65 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 249 places. More babies were named Zayah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,516 girls, down 377 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 44girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202165 babies
- Total since 1880
- 861babies recorded
Zayah popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 26 since 2008.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
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| 2025 | #3,516 | 44 |
| 2020 | #3,139 | 51 |
| 2010 | #9,778 | 12 |
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How popular is Zayah, counting every spelling?
Zayah is a spelling of Zaya, a name family that ranked #899 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,516 for Zayah 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 Zayah?
44 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Zayah (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Zayah 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 191 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Zayah.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Zayah?
About 800 people born in the US named Zayah are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 5 and 13. That makes Zayah 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.
Zayah by state
How common Zayah was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 44 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 Zayah: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Zayah, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Zayah
How popular is the name Zayah?
Zayah was the 3516th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 44 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 2673rd with 65 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 249 places. More babies were named Zayah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Zayah a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Zayah in the US.
Where is Zayah most popular?
In 2021–2025, Zayah was most common in New York (0.03 per 1,000 girls), followed by Florida and Illinois.