Zamaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- zuh-MY-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Zamaya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
Where does Zamaya come from?
Modern: elaboration of Amaya with a Z- prefix
Is Zamaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Zamaya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zamaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,115th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19 about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Zamaya, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,734th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 55 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
2025 had fewer girls named Zamaya than any year since 2005.
Half of all the girls named Zamaya in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zamaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 26 | #5,018 |
| 2023 | 35 | #4,112 |
| 2022 | 27 | #4,904 |
| 2021 | 34 | #4,163 |
| 2020 | 39 | #3,734 |
| 2019 | 55 | #2,962 |
| 2018 | 31 | #4,457 |
| 2017 | 26 | #5,043 |
| 2016 | 39 | #3,849 |
| 2015 | 35 | #4,143 |
| 2014 | 36 | #4,101 |
| 2013 | 34 | #4,241 |
| 2012 | 40 | #3,853 |
| 2011 | 36 | #4,071 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,412 |
| 2009 | 39 | #3,943 |
| 2008 | 25 | #5,571 |
| 2007 | 37 | #4,130 |
| 2006 | 26 | #5,232 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
Names like Zamaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah, Zaliyah, Zaya, Zayla, Zahara, Zamira, Kaliyah, Aaliyah, Zaniya, Safa, Aziyah, Hadassah
Names related to Zamaya
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, “Zamaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zamaya, updated 20 October 2026.