Zaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZAY-a
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,051 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,309 for girls
Zaya is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,051st for girls in the UK (34 babies) and 1,309th for girls in the US (170 babies).
Is Zaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Zaya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 girls in the UK and 170 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zaya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,051st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 34 about 1 in 8,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 166% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 34 girls in the UK were named Zaya, making it the 1,051st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,480th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 57 girls.
Half of all the girls named Zaya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 66 girls in the UK were given Zaya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #592, up from #1,051 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,110th in England and Wales and 632nd in Scotland.
Zaya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #1,051 |
| 2024 | 42 | #907 |
| 2023 | 57 | #690 |
| 2022 | 50 | #783 |
| 2021 | 31 | #1,162 |
| 2020 | 22 | #1,480 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,871 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,833 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
How popular is Zaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,309th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 170 about 1 in 9,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 170 girls in the US were named Zaya, making it the 1,309th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,412th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 207 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Zaya in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 238 girls in the US were given Zaya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #960, up from #1,309 for this spelling alone.
Zaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 170 | #1,309 |
| 2024 | 157 | #1,420 |
| 2023 | 207 | #1,164 |
| 2022 | 187 | #1,279 |
| 2021 | 166 | #1,337 |
| 2020 | 155 | #1,412 |
| 2019 | 155 | #1,436 |
| 2018 | 162 | #1,386 |
| 2017 | 198 | #1,210 |
| 2016 | 183 | #1,307 |
| 2015 | 89 | #2,138 |
| 2014 | 120 | #1,736 |
| 2013 | 135 | #1,587 |
| 2012 | 118 | #1,744 |
| 2011 | 37 | #3,998 |
| 2010 | 41 | #3,744 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 26 | #5,431 |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,523 |
| 2006 | 26 | #5,232 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,740 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,050 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
Names like Zaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zainab, Hafsa, Rahma, Safaa, Hiba, Ayah, Abeeha, Nusaybah, Zaira, Zimal, Aaliyah
Other spellings of Zaya
Names related to Zaya
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, “Zaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zaya, updated 20 October 2026.