Zania
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- zuh-NY-uh
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Zania is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Zania mean?
Arabic: spelling of Zaniah; name of the star Eta Virginis; also a modern blend of Za- and Niah
Zaniah is the traditional name of the star Eta Virginis, from Arabic zawiya 'corner'.
Meaning borrowed from Zaniah.
Is Zania a girl's or a boy's name?
Zania is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zania in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,721among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Zania, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 61 girls. It first appears in the records in 1983.
Half of all the girls named Zania in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 133 girls in the US were given Zania or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,385, up from #5,721 for this spelling alone.
Zania in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,456 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 25 | #5,315 |
| 2012 | 42 | #3,710 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,205 |
| 2010 | 42 | #3,688 |
| 2009 | 28 | #5,096 |
| 2008 | 44 | #3,644 |
| 2007 | 53 | #3,214 |
| 2006 | 61 | #2,850 |
| 2005 | 46 | #3,313 |
| 2004 | 33 | #4,168 |
| 2003 | 46 | #3,183 |
| 2002 | 34 | #3,806 |
| 2001 | 35 | #3,699 |
| 2000 | 32 | #3,881 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
Names like Zania
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Zahara Zainab Safa Safiya Aliya Safia Amira Zahira Samira Zamira Salma
Other spellings of Zania
Names related to Zania
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo
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, “Zania: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zania, updated 20 October 2026.