Girls' name · since 1997
Zahiyah
Since 1997, U.S. Social Security records show 15 babies named Zahiyah, peaking in 1997. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #50,358 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zahiyah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 15 have been recorded since 1997.
Social Security Administration records show Zahiyah recorded 15 times among girls since 1997, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2013.
- #50,358 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 15 born since 1997
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zahiyah ranks #50,358 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 15 born since 1997, peaking in the 2010s.
- #50,358 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zahiyah's 15 recorded births place it above 30.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Zahiyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zahiyah splits its recorded history at 2011: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1997 (5 births).
Zahiyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2013
- Peak year (1997)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Zahiyah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (10 births, 67% of the file).
2010s was Zahiyah's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Zahiyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 10 births (67% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zahiyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~16 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1997–2013 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Zahiyah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.