Zoraya — #5999 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Zoraya

The Social Security Administration has registered 546 babies named Zoraya between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zoraya currently holds the #5999 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zoraya performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 170 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Zoraya shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 49 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Zoraya in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zoraya 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 546 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.