Zarayah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- za-RAY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,098 for girls
- Style
- New arrival
Zarayah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 5,098th for girls in the US (25 babies).
Where does Zarayah come from?
Modern: modern elaboration of Zara with the -iah ending
Is Zarayah a girl's or a boy's name?
Zarayah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 25 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zarayah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 333% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Zarayah, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2023, with 5 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Zarayah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
How popular is Zarayah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,098th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25 about 1 in 64,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the US were named Zarayah, making it the 5,098th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. It first appears in the records in 2008.
2025 had the most girls named Zarayah of any year since it first appeared, in 2008.
Half of all the girls named Zarayah in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zarayah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #5,098 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,796 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
Nicknames for Zarayah
- Zara 731 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Zarayah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah, Safa, Ayah, Zainab, Ruqayyah, Zaniyah, Sumayyah, Aaliyah, Abeeha, Zenayah, Aafiyah, Hidayah
Names related to Zarayah
Zarah, Zariah, Zariyah, Zahrah, Zahraa, Zaara, Zairah, Sarayah, Zaryah, Zarya
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Zarayah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zarayah, updated 20 October 2026.