Total births
39
Girls' name · since 2000
Zorya
Zorya has 39 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 39
- total births
- 2000–2025
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 72%
- born in that decade
39 girls have been named Zorya since 2000, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Zorya has 39 recorded births among girls since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 2000 to 2025.
- 39 total births
- 2000–2025 years on record
- 2020s peak decade
- 72% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
39 girls have been named Zorya since 2000, peaking in the 2020s, last recorded in 2025.
- 39
- total births
- 2000–2025
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 72%
- born in that decade
2020s
Peak decade
72% of everyone ever named Zorya was born in this single decade.
2022
Single peak year
8 babies were named Zorya in 2022 - its busiest year on record.
Zorya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zorya splits its recorded history at 2022: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2000 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zorya at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
2022
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
2000
Zorya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Zorya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Zorya's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Zorya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 28 births (72% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Zorya? ▼
Zorya has been given to 39 babies in the U.S. since 2000, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 2025. 8 babies were born in 2022, its single highest year.
When was Zorya most popular? ▼
Zorya was most popular in the 2020s decade with 28 total births. The single peak year was 2022.
How long has the name Zorya been used? ▼
Records for Zorya go back to 2000, giving 26 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Zorya? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Zora, Zoraida, Zori, Zoriah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
Keep exploring Zorya
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 2000–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Zorya: Baby Name Since 2000 - 39 Births, Peak 2022." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/zorya. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Zorya 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 July 2026.