Is Ziya a boy or girl name?

Ziya is a girl’s name. Of the 1,896 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 96.4% were girls and 3.6% were boys.

Ziya

Recorded 1999–2025 · United States

Ziya was most popular in 2022, when 147 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,747 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,422, with 105 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,896 people named Ziya.

Ziya over time

Births per year. The dot marks Ziya’s peak in 2022. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Ziya a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Ziya is a girl’s name — 96.4% of the 1,896 Americans given it were girls and 3.6% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 96% girls and 4% 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 Ziya

Where Ziya 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