Zalaiyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- zah-LYE-ah
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Zalaiyah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
Where does Zalaiyah come from?
Modern: Za- prefix with an Aaliyah-style ending
Is Zalaiyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Zalaiyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zalaiyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Zalaiyah, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2022, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 2012.
Half of all the girls named Zalaiyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zalaiyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
Names like Zalaiyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaliyah, Zaniyah, Zamiyah, Alaiyah, Aziyah, Zhamira, Naziyah, Jaziyah, Nusaybah, Maziyah, Zaiya, Kaziyah
Names related to Zalaiyah
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Zalaiyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zalaiyah, updated 20 October 2026.