Girls' name · since 2002
Zeya
208 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.
- #19,450 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,354 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 208
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Zeya is the #5354 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 208 recorded since 2002.
Zeya has 208 recorded births among girls since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5354 as of the latest data, more common than 69% 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 2002 to 2025.
- #19,450 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,354 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 208 born since 2002
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zeya ranks #19,450 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,354 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 208 born since 2002, peaking in the 2020s.
- #19,450 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,354 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 208
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zeya's 208 recorded births place it above 73.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Zeya compares
208 37th 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
Zeya's all-time total is 45% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zeya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 208 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zeya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zeya splits its recorded history at 2018: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2015 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 25 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zeya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Zeya by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (121 births, 58% of the file).
2020s was Zeya's strongest decade.
121 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Zeya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
81 births
- 2020s
2020s
121 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 121 births (58% 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 | | 11 | 5.3% |
11 of 208 births nationwide.
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- California records the most Zeyas (11 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Zeya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~23 yrs)
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, 2002–2025 (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 Zeya 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.