Zeya — #6541 US girls' name
184 babies named Zeya in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 63% of names given to girls today.
53% of everyone ever named Zeya was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Zeya in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zeya
The Social Security Administration has registered 184 babies named Zeya between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zeya currently holds the #6541 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zeya performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 97 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Zeya shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Zeya in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zeya 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 184 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.
Zeya at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Zeya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2002
- Peak year (2021)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
Currently ranks #6541 among girls.
184 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 25 births in a single year.
Zeya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 97 births that decade — 53% of Zeya's all-time total
Zeya decade highlights
- Peak decade 97 births
- Runner-up 81 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Zeya's strongest decade
97 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
Zeya by state
Where Zeya concentrates geographically — total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.7% |
5 of 184 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.7% 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, 2002–2024 (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.