Is Zaya a boy or girl name?

Zaya is a girl’s name. Of the 2,590 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 97.8% were girls and 2.2% were boys.

Zaya

Recorded 1994–2025 · United States

Zaya was most popular in 2023, when 207 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,190 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,461, with 170 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,590 people named Zaya.

Zaya over time

Births per year. The dot marks Zaya’s peak in 2023. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Zaya a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Zaya is a girl’s name — 97.8% of the 2,590 Americans given it were girls and 2.2% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 98% girls and 2% 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 Zaya

Where Zaya 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