Girls' name · since 2010
Zaiyah
Zaiyah has 212 recorded births since 2010 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,238 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,752 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 212
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zaiyah currently ranks #8752 among girls' names in America, with 212 babies recorded since 2010.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zaiyah has been recorded 212 times among girls since 2010, currently ranked #8752 nationally and more common than 49% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2010 to 2025.
- #19,238 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,752 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 212 born since 2010
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zaiyah ranks #19,238 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,752 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 212 born since 2010, peaking in the 2010s.
- #19,238 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,752 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 212
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zaiyah's 212 recorded births place it above 73.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Zaiyah compares
212 38th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Zaiyah's all-time total is 44% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zaiyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 212 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zaiyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zaiyah's full recorded timeline at 2018, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2014, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 22 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zaiyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Zaiyah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (125 births, 59% of the file).
2010s was Zaiyah's strongest decade.
125 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Zaiyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
125 births
- 2020s
2020s
87 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 125 births (59% of all-time use).
Zaiyah by state
Where Zaiyah concentrates geographically, total births since 2010
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 2.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 2.4% |
6 of 212 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Zaiyah's data
- Zaiyah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (125 total births) through the 2020s (87) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Zaiyahs (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Zaiyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~15 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, 2010–2025 (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 Zaiyah 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.