Ziya
Ziya was the 1941st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 100 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 1489th with 147 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,186 places. More babies were named Ziya in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,941 girls, down 151 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 100girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2022147 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,896babies recorded
Ziya popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 68 since 2008, 5 in 2025.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,941 | 100 |
| 2020 | #1,790 | 111 |
| 2010 | #3,621 | 44 |
| 2000 | #6,483 | 17 |
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How popular is Ziya, counting every spelling?
Ziya is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,277 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,941 for Ziya on its own. Together these spellings went to 162 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ziya | 100 | #1,941 | 630 |
| Ziyah | 62 | #2,777 | 381 |
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 Ziya?
100 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Ziya (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Ziya 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 84 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Ziya.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Ziya?
About 1,800 people born in the US named Ziya are alive today, with a median age of 8; half are between 4 and 13. That makes Ziya 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.
Ziya by state
How common Ziya was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Georgia (2.0×). In 36 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 Ziya: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Ziya, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Ziya
How popular is the name Ziya?
Ziya was the 1941st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 100 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 1489th with 147 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,186 places. More babies were named Ziya in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Ziya a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Ziya in the US.
Where is Ziya most popular?
In 2021–2025, Ziya was most common in Georgia (0.16 per 1,000 girls), followed by Maryland and Illinois.