Zaniah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- zuh-NY-uh
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #4,066 for girls
Zaniah is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,066th for girls in the US (35 babies).
What does Zaniah mean?
Arabic: 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'.
Is Zaniah a girl's or a boy's name?
Zaniah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 35 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zaniah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2024, with 5 girls.
Zaniah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
How popular is Zaniah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,066th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 35 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 35 girls in the US were named Zaniah, making it the 4,066th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,631st. Its busiest year was 2008, with 130 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Zaniah in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 133 girls in the US were given Zaniah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,385, up from #4,066 for this spelling alone.
Zaniah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #4,066 |
| 2024 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2023 | 48 | #3,329 |
| 2022 | 62 | #2,756 |
| 2021 | 44 | #3,490 |
| 2020 | 64 | #2,631 |
| 2019 | 54 | #3,002 |
| 2018 | 71 | #2,478 |
| 2017 | 50 | #3,192 |
| 2016 | 51 | #3,182 |
| 2015 | 67 | #2,646 |
| 2014 | 76 | #2,391 |
| 2013 | 83 | #2,236 |
| 2012 | 88 | #2,145 |
| 2011 | 101 | #1,953 |
| 2010 | 96 | #2,059 |
| 2009 | 112 | #1,876 |
| 2008 | 130 | #1,713 |
| 2007 | 96 | #2,101 |
| 2006 | 102 | #1,961 |
| 2005 | 80 | #2,253 |
| 2004 | 51 | #3,029 |
| 2003 | 47 | #3,128 |
| 2002 | 43 | #3,237 |
| 2001 | 33 | #3,860 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
Names like Zaniah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Zainab, Safa, Ayah, Sumayyah, Nusaybah, Ruqayyah, Hafsa, Hiba, Safiya, Abeeha, Aaminah
Other spellings of Zaniah
Names related to Zaniah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
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, “Zaniah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zaniah, updated 20 October 2026.