Zaia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZY-uh
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,206 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,607 for girls
Zaia is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies) and 2,607th for girls in the US (66 babies).
Where does Zaia come from?
Uncertain; also an Assyrian name
Is Zaia a girl's or a boy's name?
Zaia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK and 66 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zaia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,206among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 345% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Zaia, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 24 girls.
Half of all the girls named Zaia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 29 girls in the UK were given Zaia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,058, up from #2,206 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales.
Zaia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,323 |
| 2023 | 24 | #1,399 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
How popular is Zaia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,607among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 66about 1 in 24,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 120% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 66 girls in the US were named Zaia, making it the 2,607th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,850th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 120 girls. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the girls named Zaia in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 328 girls in the US were given Zaia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #799, up from #2,607 for this spelling alone.
Zaia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66 | #2,607 |
| 2024 | 76 | #2,389 |
| 2023 | 120 | #1,709 |
| 2022 | 48 | #3,312 |
| 2021 | 53 | #3,069 |
| 2020 | 57 | #2,850 |
| 2019 | 35 | #4,071 |
| 2018 | 27 | #4,886 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
Names like Zaia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Zainab Hafsa Ayra Rahma Zimal Abeeha Zaya Nusaybah Hiba Ayah Safaa
Other spellings of Zaia
Names related to Zaia
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Zaia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zaia, updated 20 October 2026.