Zendaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- zen-DAY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,135 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,186 for girls
Zendaya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,135th for girls in the UK (31 babies) and 1,186th for girls in the US (195 babies).
What does Zendaya mean?
Modern: coined name, reportedly inspired by the Shona name Tendai
Brought to wide attention by the American actress Zendaya, whose name is reported to draw on the Shona name Tendai.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Zendaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Zendaya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 girls in the UK and 195 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zendaya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,135among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 9,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 81% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 31 girls in the UK were named Zendaya, making it the 1,135th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,312th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 56 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Zendaya than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Zendaya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,166th in England and Wales and 397th in Northern Ireland.
Zendaya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #1,135 |
| 2024 | 36 | #1,020 |
| 2023 | 49 | #788 |
| 2022 | 56 | #716 |
| 2021 | 39 | #967 |
| 2020 | 26 | #1,312 |
| 2019 | 20 | #1,599 |
| 2018 | 18 | #1,739 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
How popular is Zendaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,186among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 195about 1 in 8,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 195 girls in the US were named Zendaya, making it the 1,186th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 964th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 430 girls. It first appears in the records in 2011.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Zendaya than any year since 2013.
Half of all the girls named Zendaya in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 212 girls in the US were given Zendaya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,020, up from #1,186 for this spelling alone.
- Zendaya 195
- Zendayah 17
Zendaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 195 | #1,186 |
| 2024 | 281 | #938 |
| 2023 | 333 | #827 |
| 2022 | 430 | #678 |
| 2021 | 313 | #871 |
| 2020 | 264 | #964 |
| 2019 | 260 | #994 |
| 2018 | 242 | #1,057 |
| 2017 | 260 | #996 |
| 2016 | 304 | #911 |
| 2015 | 358 | #786 |
| 2014 | 307 | #886 |
| 2013 | 180 | #1,301 |
| 2012 | 120 | #1,719 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,205 |
Names like Zendaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zenaya Raya Inaya Liyana Alaya Ayra Amaya Abeeha Safa Nusaybah Anaya Zaya
Other spellings of Zendaya
Names related to Zendaya
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, “Zendaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zendaya, updated 20 October 2026.