Zanaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- za-NAY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,986 for girls
Zanaya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 4,986th for girls in the US (26 babies).
Where does Zanaya come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps Z- + Anaya
Is Zanaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Zanaya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 26 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zanaya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Zanaya, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 8 girls.
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were given Zanaya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,226, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.
- Zanaya 5
- Zanayah 5
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Zanaya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
How popular is Zanaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,986among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 62,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 26 girls in the US were named Zanaya, making it the 4,986th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,165th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 43 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Zanaya in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zanaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,986 |
| 2024 | 24 | #5,297 |
| 2023 | 25 | #5,123 |
| 2022 | 30 | #4,579 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 24 | #5,165 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 26 | #5,043 |
| 2016 | 25 | #5,283 |
| 2015 | 30 | #4,583 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,642 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,725 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 31 | #4,676 |
| 2008 | 43 | #3,709 |
| 2007 | 38 | #4,049 |
| 2006 | 23 | #5,708 |
| 2005 | 27 | #4,824 |
| 2004 | 28 | #4,703 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,230 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 43 | #3,194 |
| 2000 | 36 | #3,586 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
Names like Zanaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Zainab Aaliyah Hafsa Hiba Ayah Safiya Zaya Abeeha Sumayyah Nusaybah Ruqayyah
Other spellings of Zanaya
Names related to Zanaya
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, “Zanaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zanaya, updated 20 October 2026.