Zanayah — #7458 US girls' name
277 babies named Zanayah in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 58% of names given to girls today.
42% of everyone ever named Zanayah was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Zanayah in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zanayah
The Social Security Administration has registered 277 babies named Zanayah between 2000 and 2024, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zanayah currently holds the #7458 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zanayah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 116 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Zanayah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Zanayah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zanayah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 277 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Zanayah at a glance
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Current rank
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Zanayah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2000
- Peak year (2009)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
Currently ranks #7458 among girls.
277 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 17 births in a single year.
Zanayah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 116 births that decade — 42% of Zanayah's all-time total
Zanayah decade highlights
- Peak decade 116 births
- Runner-up 92 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Zanayah's strongest decade
116 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% 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 | 4.3% |
12 of 277 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 4.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2000–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.