Zalayah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- zuh-LAY-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #2,514 for girls
Zalayah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,514th for girls in the US (70 babies).
Where does Zalayah come from?
Modern: blend of Z- with Alayah or Aaliyah
Is Zalayah a girl's or a boy's name?
Zalayah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 70 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zalayah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,514th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 70 about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 70% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 70 girls in the US were named Zalayah, making it the 2,514th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,141st. Its busiest year was 2022, with 83 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.
2025 had fewer girls named Zalayah than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Zalayah in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 132 girls in the US were given Zalayah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,393, up from #2,514 for this spelling alone.
- Zalayah 70
- Zalaya 62
Zalayah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70 | #2,514 |
| 2024 | 77 | #2,362 |
| 2023 | 76 | #2,379 |
| 2022 | 83 | #2,253 |
| 2021 | 78 | #2,327 |
| 2020 | 50 | #3,141 |
| 2019 | 38 | #3,850 |
| 2018 | 43 | #3,558 |
| 2017 | 43 | #3,551 |
| 2016 | 29 | #4,733 |
| 2015 | 32 | #4,402 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
Names like Zalayah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah, Zaliyah, Aziyah, Zamiyah, Alaiyah, Jaziyah, Hadassah, Kaliyah, Naziyah, Zayla, Kamiyah, Jaliyah
Other spellings of Zalayah
Names related to Zalayah
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, “Zalayah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zalayah, updated 20 October 2026.