Zayana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- zay-AH-nah
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Zayana is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
Where does Zayana come from?
Arabic: probably from zayn 'beauty, grace'
Is Zayana a girl's or a boy's name?
Zayana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zayana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,101st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Zayana, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 10 girls.
2025 had more girls named Zayana than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Zayana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were given Zayana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,870, up from #3,101 for this spelling alone.
- Zayana 8
- Zayanah 5
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Zayana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
How popular is Zayana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,837th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Zayana, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the girls named Zayana in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zayana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 21 | #6,034 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
Names like Zayana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Abeeha, Hafsa, Zainab, Nusaybah, Rahma, Hiba, Rumaysa, Amira, Aaliyah, Khadija, Halima
Names related to Zayana
Zayna, Zaynah, Zanaya, Zanayah, Sayana, Zayani, Zanya, Zayanna
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
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, “Zayana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zayana, updated 20 October 2026.