Girls' name · since 2006
Zahniyah
58 babies named Zahniyah in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #33,378 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 58
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zahniyah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 58 recorded since 2006.
Social Security Administration records show Zahniyah recorded 58 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 2023.
- #33,378 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 58 born since 2006
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zahniyah ranks #33,378 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 58 born since 2006, peaking in the 2010s.
- #33,378 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 58
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zahniyah's 58 recorded births place it above 53.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Zahniyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Zahniyah's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2006, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Zahniyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2023
- Peak year (2008)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Zahniyah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (31 births, 53% of the file).
2010s was Zahniyah's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Zahniyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
22 births
- 2010s
2010s
31 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 31 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Zahniyah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (31 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zahniyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2006–2023 (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 Zahniyah 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.