Ziya
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- ZEE-ya
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,570 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,927 for girls
Ziya is a name of Arabic origin, meaning “light, radiance”. In 2025 it ranked 1,570th for girls in the UK (20 babies) and 1,927th for girls in the US (100 babies).
What does Ziya mean?
Arabic: Turkish and Urdu form of Arabic diya
“light, radiance”
In the Qur'an (10:5) the sun is described as diya, a shining light; Ziya is the Turkish and Urdu pronunciation.
Is Ziya a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Ziya has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the UK and 100 girls and 5 boys in the US.
How popular is Ziya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,570among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the UK were named Ziya, making it the 1,570th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 25 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ziya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2024, 86% of the babies named Ziya in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,512th in England and Wales.
Ziya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2024 | 25 | #1,356 |
| 2023 | 19 | #1,666 |
| 2022 | 25 | #1,363 |
| 2021 | 20 | #1,605 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 20 | #1,599 |
| 2018 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 22 | #1,552 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 19 | #1,656 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
How popular is Ziya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,927among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 100about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 100 girls in the US were named Ziya, making it the 1,927th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,781st. Its busiest year was 2022, with 147 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999. 5 boys were also named Ziya in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Ziya than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Ziya in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ziya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 100 | #1,927 |
| 2024 | 121 | #1,681 |
| 2023 | 135 | #1,569 |
| 2022 | 147 | #1,486 |
| 2021 | 127 | #1,641 |
| 2020 | 111 | #1,781 |
| 2019 | 134 | #1,585 |
| 2018 | 132 | #1,616 |
| 2017 | 128 | #1,677 |
| 2016 | 96 | #2,054 |
| 2015 | 54 | #3,092 |
| 2014 | 43 | #3,583 |
| 2013 | 53 | #3,075 |
| 2012 | 43 | #3,643 |
| 2011 | 40 | #3,780 |
| 2010 | 44 | #3,571 |
| 2009 | 42 | #3,736 |
| 2008 | 50 | #3,315 |
| 2007 | 37 | #4,130 |
| 2006 | 36 | #4,072 |
| 2005 | 35 | #4,025 |
| 2004 | 29 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 25 | #4,763 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
Names like Ziya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Zainab Hafsa Hiba Rahma Ayah Safaa Safiya Abeeha Aaliyah Nusaybah Zoha
Names related to Ziya
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza
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, “Ziya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ziya, updated 20 October 2026.