Zaraya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- zah-RAY-ah
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #4,757 for girls
Zaraya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,757th for girls in the US (28 babies).
Where does Zaraya come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps Zara + the ending of Amaya
Is Zaraya a girl's or a boy's name?
Zaraya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zaraya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,757th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28 about 1 in 57,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the US were named Zaraya, making it the 4,757th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the girls named Zaraya in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zaraya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #4,757 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 28 | #4,715 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
Nicknames for Zaraya
- Zara 731 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Zaraya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah, Zaliyah, Zaya, Zayla, Zamira, Zahara, Aziyah, Zaniya, Zhamira, Zalayah, Zamiyah, Kaliyah
Names related to Zaraya
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, “Zaraya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zaraya, updated 20 October 2026.