Zendayah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- zen-DAY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Zendayah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Zendayah mean?
Modern: spelling of Zendaya; 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.
Meaning borrowed from Zendaya. More on Wiktionary.
Is Zendayah a girl's or a boy's name?
Zendayah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zendayah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,545th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Zendayah, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2016, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 2012.
2025 had more girls named Zendayah than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Zendayah in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 212 girls in the US were given Zendayah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,020, up from #6,545 for this spelling alone.
- Zendaya 195
- Zendayah 17
Zendayah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 22 | #5,608 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5,657 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,794 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
Names like Zendayah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaliyah, Zaniyah, Zalayah, Zhamira, Zariah, Amoura, Alaiyah, Kaliyah, Aziyah, Zamiyah, Kamiyah, Zayla
Other spellings of Zendayah
Names related to Zendayah
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Zendayah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zendayah, updated 20 October 2026.