Girls' name · since 2018

Zavayah

Since 2018, U.S. Social Security records show 47 babies named Zavayah, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#35,833 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#12,977 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
47
born since 2018
2020s
peak decade

Yes -- Zavayah is the #12977 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 47 recorded since 2018.

Zavayah has 47 recorded births among girls since 2018, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12977 as of the latest data, more common than 25% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2018 to 2025.

  • #35,833 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #12,977 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 47 born since 2018
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zavayah ranks #35,833 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,977 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 47 born since 2018, peaking in the 2020s.

#35,833 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#12,977 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
47
born since 2018
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%24.9%
Zavayah vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Zavayah's 47 recorded births place it above 50.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Zavayah compares

47 15th 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

Zavayah's all-time total is 87% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Zavayah Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 47 376 567,345
Peak-year births 9 21 19,840

Zavayah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Zavayah's SSA record in two at 2022 and the more recent half accounts for 62% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 38%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2019, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Zavayah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2024)
9
Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
45678910 2018201920212022202320242025 7

Zavayah by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (34 births, 72% of the file).

2020s was Zavayah's strongest decade.

34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.

Zavayah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 34 births (72% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Zavayah?
Zavayah has been given to 47 babies in the U.S. since 2018, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #35,833 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #12,977 of 17,297. 9 babies were born in 2024, its single highest year.
Where does Zavayah sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zavayah ranks #35,833 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,977 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Zavayah most popular?
Zavayah was most popular in the 2020s decade with 34 total births. The single peak year was 2024.
How long has the name Zavayah been used?
Zavayah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2018, spanning 8 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Zavayah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Zaveah, Zavia, Zavannah, Zaviah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Two nationwide peer axes for Zavayah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2018–2025 (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 Zavayah 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.