NameTides

Zayah

Zayah was the #3,459 girls' name in the US in 2025 (44 babies), and #2,006 in England & Wales.

Zayah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Zayah 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.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Zayah 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.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
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#3,459 (44)#2,006 (14)—
2024#2,775 (61)#2,001 (14)#3,383 (5)
2023#3,329 (48)#1,325 (24)#2,027 (10)
2022#3,171 (51)#2,178 (12)#2,835 (6)
2021#2,638 (65)#1,505 (20)#2,616 (7)
2020#3,091 (51)#3,117 (7)#2,163 (9)
2019#3,552 (43)#3,151 (7)#2,610 (7)
2018#3,050 (53)#2,901 (8)#2,587 (7)
2017#2,713 (63)#2,341 (11)#2,374 (8)
2016#3,464 (45)#2,547 (10)#3,294 (5)
2015#3,705 (41)#4,736 (4)#2,599 (7)
2014#3,549 (44)#4,003 (5)—
2013#3,005 (55)#4,739 (4)#2,888 (6)
2012#2,901 (59)——
2011#7,118 (17)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #2,638.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2001.
  • In 2023, 91% of US babies named Zayah were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 37,000 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 37,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 18,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Zayah is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 36,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 27,000 to 1 in 50,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Zayah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: 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: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: 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: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #3,285TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Zayah (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
ZayahCanadaGirls—too few
ZayahEngland & WalesGirls#2,00614
ZayahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ZayahUSGirls#3,45944
ZayahUSBoys—too few