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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Zyah

Zyah was the 3779th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 40 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 4,227 places. More babies were named Zyah in the 2010s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#3,779 girls, up 1,223 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
40girls
Girls and boys
92% girls, 8% boys2021–2025
Peak year
202540 babies
Total since 1880
630babies recorded

Zyah popularity since 1880

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GirlsBoys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Rank (boys)Babies (girls)Babies (boys)
2025#3,779—40—
2020#5,002#14,050265
2010#5,976—23—
2000#17,654—5—
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How popular is Zyah, counting every spelling?

Zyah is a spelling of Zya, a name family that ranked #1,385 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,779 for Zyah on its own. Together these spellings went to 142 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Zya102#1,910535
Zyah40#3,779183

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 Zyah?

40 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Zyah (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Zyah 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 Zyah.

Chance of another Zyah in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inTexasunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Zyah?

About 600 people born in the US named Zyah are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 4 and 16. That makes Zyah a young name: most people with it are children.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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.

Zyah by state

How common Zyah was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesCA0.03Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesTX0.03Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Zyah, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Zyah

How popular is the name Zyah?

Zyah was the 3779th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 40 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 4,227 places. More babies were named Zyah in the 2010s than in any other decade.

Is Zyah a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, 92% girls, 8% boys given the name Zyah in the US.

Where is Zyah most popular?

In 2021–2025, Zyah was most common in California (0.03 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and Texas.