Zaiah
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- ZY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
New arrival
Zaiah is a name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
Where does Zaiah come from?
Modern: modern short form of Isaiah or Josiah
Is Zaiah a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Zaiah has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 5 boys in the UK and 16 girls and 8 boys in the US.
How popular is Zaiah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Zaiah, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2022, with 5 boys. 5 girls were also named Zaiah in 2025 (4,276th for girls).
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Zaiah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
How popular is Zaiah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,837among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 76% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Zaiah, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 2005. 8 boys were also named Zaiah in 2025 (8,906th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Zaiah in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 68 girls in the US were given Zaiah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,186, up from #6,837 for this spelling alone.
In 2024, 67% of the babies named Zaiah in the US were girls.
Zaiah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
Names like Zaiah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zahir Zayaan Zayyan Ziyad Muhammad Zaim Zayed Zubayr Abdullah Zohaib Musa Zayan
Other spellings of Zaiah
Names related to Zaiah
More Modern names
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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, “Zaiah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zaiah, updated 20 October 2026.