Zalia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZAH-lee-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #4,459 for girls
Zalia is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,459th for girls in the US (31 babies).
Where does Zalia come from?
Modern: modern coinage, origin uncertain
Is Zalia a girl's or a boy's name?
Zalia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zalia in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2023, with 8 girls.
Zalia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
How popular is Zalia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,459among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 52,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 31 girls in the US were named Zalia, making it the 4,459th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,878th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 46 girls. It first appears in the records in 1918.
Half of all the girls named Zalia in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 49 girls in the US were given Zalia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,594, up from #4,459 for this spelling alone.
- Zalia 31
- Zaliah 18
Zalia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #4,459 |
| 2024 | 39 | #3,822 |
| 2023 | 46 | #3,428 |
| 2022 | 30 | #4,579 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,394 |
| 2020 | 26 | #4,878 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,772 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,148 |
| 2017 | 23 | #5,515 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 25 | #5,315 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
Names like Zalia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah Zaisha Safia Zahara Afia Safiya Zayla Zenayah Safa Abeeha Zainab Zaya
Other spellings of Zalia
Names related to Zalia
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Zalia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zalia, updated 20 October 2026.