Girls' name · since 2006
Zahniya
82 babies named Zahniya in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,427 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 82
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zahniya is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 82 have been recorded since 2006.
Social Security Administration records show Zahniya recorded 82 times among girls since 2006, 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 2006 to 2016.
- #29,427 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 82 born since 2006
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zahniya ranks #29,427 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 82 born since 2006, peaking in the 2010s.
- #29,427 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 82
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zahniya's 82 recorded births place it above 59.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Zahniya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zahniya's full recorded timeline at 2011, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2013, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zahniya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2016
- Peak year (2006)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Zahniya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (45 births, 55% of the file).
2010s was Zahniya's strongest decade.
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Zahniya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
37 births
- 2010s
2010s
45 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 45 births (55% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zahniya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~10 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, 2006–2016 (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 Zahniya 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.