Is Zaniya a boy or girl name?

Zaniya is a girl’s name. Of the 3,527 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

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Zaniya

Recorded 1996–2025 · United States

Zaniya was most popular in 2007, when 263 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,803 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,387, with 72 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,527 people named Zaniya.

Zaniya over time

Births per year. The dot marks Zaniya’s peak in 2007. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Zaniya a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Zaniya is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 3,527 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Zaniya

Where Zaniya is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org