Zaniyah

Zaniyah was the #833 girls' name in the US in 2025 (327 babies), and #1,512 in England & Wales and #1,495 in Canada.

Zaniyah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Zaniyah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Zaniyah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#833 (327)#1,512 (20)#1,495 (16)
2024#836 (324)#1,819 (16)#1,617 (14)
2023#731 (384)#1,206 (27)#2,900 (6)
2022#810 (346)#1,383 (23)#1,727 (12)
2021#834 (331)#1,505 (20)#2,021 (10)
2020#729 (379)#2,300 (11)#1,877 (11)
2019#826 (329)#2,170 (12)#3,266 (5)
2018#807 (337)#3,178 (7)#1,507 (15)
2017#810 (337)#2,925 (8)#2,876 (6)
2016#874 (321)#4,096 (5)—
2015#829 (338)#4,103 (5)—
2014#705 (399)#5,691 (3)#2,185 (9)
2013#784 (347)——
2012#811 (330)——
2011#732 (377)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #731.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1996.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,900 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,900uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 13,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 9,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Zaniyah is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,800 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,100 to 1 in 5,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Zaniyah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #612WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #659MNIllinois: #1,240ILMichigan: #787MINew York: #758NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #611INOhio: #743OHPennsylvania: #1,015PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #662CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #662VAMaryland: #511MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #818AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #748TNNorth Carolina: #780NCSouth Carolina: #467SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #483OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #854GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #713TXFlorida: #714FL
Zaniyah (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ZaniyahCanadaGirls#1,49516
ZaniyahEngland & WalesGirls#1,51220
Za'NiyahEngland & WalesGirls—too few
ZaniyahUSGirls#833327