Girls' name · since 2000
Zanayah
Since 2000, U.S. Social Security records show 288 babies named Zanayah, peaking in 2009. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #16,286 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,201 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 288
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zanayah currently ranks #9201 among girls' names in America, with 288 babies recorded since 2000.
Zanayah has 288 recorded births among girls since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9201 as of the latest data, more common than 47% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #16,286 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,201 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 288 born since 2000
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zanayah ranks #16,286 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,201 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 288 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,286 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,201 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 288
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zanayah's 288 recorded births place it above 77.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Zanayah compares
288 44th 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
Zanayah's all-time total is 23% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zanayah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 288 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zanayah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Zanayah's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2000, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2009 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Zanayah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Zanayah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (116 births, 40% of the file).
2010s was Zanayah's strongest decade.
116 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Zanayah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
92 births
- 2010s
2010s
116 births
- 2020s
2020s
80 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 116 births (40% of all-time use).
Zanayah by state
Where Zanayah concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 12 | 4.2% |
12 of 288 births nationwide.
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What to do with Zanayah's data
- Zanayah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (116 total births) through the 2020s (80) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Zanayahs (12 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Zanayah: 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, 2000–2025 (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 Zanayah 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.