girls:
2.2k births since 1994
#3668 (36th percentile)
boys:
58 births since 1997
#4528 (1st percentile)
overall:
2.3k births since 1994
#5539 (28th percentile)
The name Zaya is the #5,539 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,259 recorded births since 1994. This represents the 28.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 28.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,668 (35.8% percentile) for all time with 2,201 births since 1994. For boys, it ranks #4,528 (1.2% percentile) for all time with 58 births since 1997.
Zaya first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1994 (1994 for girls and 1997 for boys). Birth data for Zaya is available in 28 out of the 30 years between 1994 and 2023 (28 years for girls and 9 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Zaya has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 97.4% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Zaya reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 21.4% percentile (ranked #745) with 118 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 118 births per million (ranked 21.4% percentile). Despite a peak around 2020, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Zaya is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #745 (21.4% percentile) with 118 births per million.
For boys, Zaya reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #909) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zaya".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Zaya. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 65.0% confident that Zaya is pronounced as ZAY-uh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ZAH-yuh, at 20.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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