Zanayah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- za-NAY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Zanayah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
Where does Zanayah come from?
Modern: spelling of Zanaya; modern coinage, perhaps Z- + Anaya
Meaning borrowed from Zanaya.
Is Zanayah a girl's or a boy's name?
Zanayah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zanayah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 86% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Zanayah, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th.
2025 had the most girls named Zanayah of any year since it first appeared, in 2018.
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were given Zanayah 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.
Zanayah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
How popular is Zanayah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Zanayah, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Zanayah in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zanayah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
Names like Zanayah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayah, Safa, Zainab, Aaliyah, Nusaybah, Sumayyah, Ruqayyah, Zaniyah, Abeeha, Hafsa, Zenayah, Aafiyah
Other spellings of Zanayah
Names related to Zanayah
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, “Zanayah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zanayah, updated 20 October 2026.