Zalaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- zuh-LAY-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #2,751 for girls
Zalaya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,751st for girls in the US (62 babies).
Where does Zalaya come from?
Modern: spelling of Zalayah; blend of Z- with Alayah or Aaliyah
Meaning borrowed from Zalayah.
Is Zalaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Zalaya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 62 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zalaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,751st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 62 about 1 in 26,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 62 girls in the US were named Zalaya, making it the 2,751st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,606th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 65 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Zalaya in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 132 girls in the US were given Zalaya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,393, up from #2,751 for this spelling alone.
- Zalayah 70
- Zalaya 62
Zalaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 62 | #2,751 |
| 2024 | 46 | #3,395 |
| 2023 | 65 | #2,674 |
| 2022 | 45 | #3,469 |
| 2021 | 36 | #4,011 |
| 2020 | 41 | #3,606 |
| 2019 | 48 | #3,271 |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,236 |
| 2017 | 28 | #4,809 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,794 |
| 2015 | 21 | #6,034 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
Names like Zalaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah, Zaliyah, Zaya, Zayla, Zamira, Zahara, Zhamira, Aziyah, Zaniya, Zya, Zariya, Safa
Other spellings of Zalaya
Names related to Zalaya
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, “Zalaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zalaya, updated 20 October 2026.