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Zanyiah

Gender
Girl
Say it
zan-EYE-a
Origin
Modern

Zanyiah is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

Where does Zanyiah come from?

Modern: elaboration of Zania with the -iyah ending

Is Zanyiah a girl's or a boy's name?

Zanyiah is a girls' name.

How popular is Zanyiah in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 2004.

Half of all the girls named Zanyiah in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

2004Busiest: 27 in 20102024
Zanyiah in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20248#11,117
202310#9,611
202210#9,674
202110#9,557
202017#6,625
201917#6,694
201819#6,244
201711#9,337
201617#6,898
201520#6,234
201416#7,300
201317#7,027
201216#7,452
201121#6,145
201027#5,106
200915#8,054
200820#6,556
200711#10,125
200611#9,897
20055#16,455
20046#14,172

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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, “Zanyiah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zanyiah, updated 20 October 2026.