Girls' name · since 1963
Zoya
4,885 babies named Zoya in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,624 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,000 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,885
- born since 1963
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zoya currently ranks #1000 among girls' names in America, with 4,885 babies recorded since 1963.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zoya has been recorded 4,885 times among girls since 1963, currently ranked #1000 nationally and more common than 94% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1963 to 2025.
- #2,624 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,000 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,885 born since 1963
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zoya ranks #2,624 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,000 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,885 born since 1963, peaking in the 2010s.
- #2,624 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,000 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,885
- born since 1963
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zoya's 4,885 recorded births place it above 96.37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
27 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Zoya compares
4,885 Top 14% higher than 86% of 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
Zoya's all-time total is 13x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zoya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,885 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 358 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zoya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zoya's full recorded timeline at 2005, 86% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 14% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1963, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 358 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zoya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 358
- Annual births at peak, across 63 years of records
Zoya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (1,931 births, 40% of the file).
2010s was Zoya's strongest decade.
1,931 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Zoya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1980s 36
1980s
36 births
- 1990s 331
1990s
331 births
- 2000s
2000s
846 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,931 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,736 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 1,931 births (40% of all-time use).
How Zoya compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Zoya's total volume
Zoya by state
Where Zoya concentrates geographically, total births since 1963
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 779 | 15.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 527 | 10.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 506 | 10.4% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 244 | 5.0% |
| #5 | Virginia | | 199 | 4.1% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 167 | 3.4% |
| #7 | Washington | | 138 | 2.8% |
| #8 | Florida | | 136 | 2.8% |
779 of 4,885 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 27 reporting states.
Zoya appears in 27 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Zoya's data
- Zoya's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (1,931 total births) through the 2020s (1,736) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Zoyas (779 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 Zoya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~62 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, 1963–2025 (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 Zoya 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.