Zaniya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- zuh-NY-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #2,458 for girls
Zaniya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,458th for girls in the US (72 babies).
Where does Zaniya come from?
Modern: Z- variant of Aniya or Taniya
Is Zaniya a girl's or a boy's name?
Zaniya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 72 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zaniya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,458among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 72about 1 in 22,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 72 girls in the US were named Zaniya, making it the 2,458th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,050th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 263 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Zaniya in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 133 girls in the US were given Zaniya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,385, up from #2,458 for this spelling alone.
Zaniya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72 | #2,458 |
| 2024 | 67 | #2,607 |
| 2023 | 81 | #2,269 |
| 2022 | 70 | #2,530 |
| 2021 | 75 | #2,384 |
| 2020 | 90 | #2,050 |
| 2019 | 99 | #1,961 |
| 2018 | 106 | #1,890 |
| 2017 | 85 | #2,221 |
| 2016 | 102 | #1,956 |
| 2015 | 135 | #1,593 |
| 2014 | 142 | #1,534 |
| 2013 | 180 | #1,301 |
| 2012 | 186 | #1,284 |
| 2011 | 197 | #1,217 |
| 2010 | 223 | #1,108 |
| 2009 | 245 | #1,054 |
| 2008 | 219 | #1,167 |
| 2007 | 263 | #1,003 |
| 2006 | 196 | #1,227 |
| 2005 | 174 | #1,281 |
| 2004 | 149 | #1,396 |
| 2003 | 129 | #1,508 |
| 2002 | 81 | #2,097 |
| 2001 | 70 | #2,284 |
| 2000 | 45 | #3,066 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
Names like Zaniya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaliyah Zariya Aaliyah Safiya Zahara Kaliyah Zayla Zamira Zainab Safa Jaliyah Aziyah
Other spellings of Zaniya
Names related to Zaniya
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, “Zaniya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zaniya, updated 20 October 2026.