How Many People Are Named Zaya?

2,574

people named Zaya are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 132,783 people in the US has this name

Based on 2,590 babies named Zaya in Social Security records from 1994 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#5,720

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#3,211

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Peak Year

2023

207 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
97.8%
Male
2.2%

Of the babies given the name Zaya, 97.8% were girls and 2.2% were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Zaya alive today is about 8 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 11 in 2025.

Under 30 2,569
99.8%
30 to 59 5
0.2%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Zaya first appears in the records in 1994 and was given most often in 2023, to 207 babies. In 2025, 170 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1994 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Zaya has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,167, in 2023. In 2025 it ranked #1,317.

Girls
Rank in 2025#1,317
Best rank#1,167 (2023)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,714 in the 2010s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Zaya alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Zaya were born in California than in any other state: about 324 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Zaya was given 2 times as often in Georgia, 1.7 times in California and 1.6 times in Florida.

California 324
Texas 213
Florida 138
New York 110
Georgia 98
Illinois 74
Michigan 58
Ohio 33
Arizona 32
Pennsylvania 29
Washington 29
Massachusetts 27
North Carolina 26
Indiana 25
New Jersey 23
Utah 22
Minnesota 19
Maryland 18
Tennessee 17
Colorado 16
Virginia 12
Oregon 12
Louisiana 11
Connecticut 7
Nevada 6
Iowa 6
Alabama 5
South Carolina 5
Oklahoma 5
New Mexico 5
Missouri 5
Hawaii 5
Wisconsin 5

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