Zayah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZAY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,076 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,458 for girls
Zayah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies) and 3,458th for girls in the US (44 babies).
Where does Zayah come from?
Modern: modern name, perhaps a form of Zaya
Is Zayah a girl's or a boy's name?
Zayah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK and 44 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zayah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,076th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 126% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Zayah, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 24 girls.
Half of all the girls named Zayah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 66 girls in the UK were given Zayah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #592, up from #2,076 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales.
Zayah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 14 | #2,057 |
| 2023 | 24 | #1,399 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 20 | #1,605 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
How popular is Zayah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,458th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 44 about 1 in 37,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 44 girls in the US were named Zayah, making it the 3,458th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,091st. Its busiest year was 2021, with 65 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
2025 had fewer girls named Zayah than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Zayah in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 238 girls in the US were given Zayah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #960, up from #3,458 for this spelling alone.
Zayah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #3,458 |
| 2024 | 61 | #2,775 |
| 2023 | 48 | #3,329 |
| 2022 | 51 | #3,170 |
| 2021 | 65 | #2,638 |
| 2020 | 51 | #3,091 |
| 2019 | 43 | #3,551 |
| 2018 | 53 | #3,049 |
| 2017 | 63 | #2,713 |
| 2016 | 45 | #3,464 |
| 2015 | 41 | #3,704 |
| 2014 | 44 | #3,547 |
| 2013 | 55 | #3,004 |
| 2012 | 59 | #2,900 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
Names like Zayah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Ayah, Zainab, Nusaybah, Hafsa, Aaliyah, Ruqayyah, Zairah, Zaniyah, Rahma, Sumayyah, Safaa
Other spellings of Zayah
Names related to Zayah
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, “Zayah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zayah, updated 20 October 2026.