Recorded 1963–2025 · United States
Zoya was most popular in 2022, when 358 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,507 that year. In 2025 it ranked #1,907, with 252 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 4,885 people named Zoya.
Zoya first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1963, which makes it about 62 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 41 of the 63 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 4,885 American births named Zoya between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 4,847 are estimated to be alive today.
252 American babies were named Zoya in 2025, ranking #1,907 that year.
Zoya is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 291 births a year, against 185 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +58% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Zoya is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 4,885 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.
Roughly 4,847 Americans named Zoya are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 10 years old, and half are between 5 and 16. That is a narrow band because Zoya is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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