Zaya — #1420 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Zaya

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,359 babies named Zaya between 1994 and 2024, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zaya currently holds the #1420 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 207 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zaya performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,236 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Zaya shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 299 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Zaya in 33 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zaya 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 2,359 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.