Zayah

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Zayah: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Zayah: Recorded every year since 2013, its highest recorded position is #1,325, and it stood at #2,000 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
12times a registrar ranked it
12years from first to last
#1325highest recorded position
1grouping it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2013–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2013	#4739
2014	#4003
2015	#4736
2016	#2547
2017	#2341
2018	#2901
2019	#3151
2020	#3117
2021	#1505
2022	#2178
2023	#1325
2024	#2000

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 2013 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2013–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2013
First recorded at #4739 among girls in England and Wales in 2013 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2013–2024
Highest recorded position: #1325 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023 (recorded 2013–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2000 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Zayah appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Names that changed direction repeatedly

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2013 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1325 in England and Wales in 2023.

Zayah's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2000	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1325	24	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2178	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1505	20	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2901	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2547	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2013 and 2024, ranked in 12 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,325, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 24 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

2decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 2 decades →
12 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,000position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
24births registered in its largest year, 2023Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Zaya · #556, 14y
Zayaan · #264, 23y
Zayan · #208, 27y
Zayana · #2615, 10y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Dayana · #1325, 15y
Amaanah · #1326, 16y
Myla-Rae · #1326, 13y
Naksh · #1324, 13y

Also first recorded in the 2010s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2010 and 2019.

Myla-Rae · #1326, 13y
Naksh · #1324, 13y
Aroosh · #1327, 15y
Viyan · #1329, 15y

Zayah and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Zayah without appearing here.

Zayah moved ahead of

Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3117 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1505 and #5581.
Maren Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4736 and #4736 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #2341 and #5765.
Belinda Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4736 and #2945 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2547 and #5785.
Francis Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3117 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1505 and #4634.

Moved ahead of Zayah

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4739 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4003 and #1628.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2341 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2901 and #1436.
Rory Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1325 and #1469 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2000 and #1603.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1325 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2000 and #1743.

Moved the opposite way to Zayah

Abigail Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zayah went from #4739 to #2000 while Abigail went from #46 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zayah went from #4739 to #2000 while Aimee went from #189 to #1603.
Alex Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zayah went from #4739 to #2000 while Alex went from #882 to #2253.
Alexandra Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zayah went from #4739 to #2000 while Alexandra went from #102 to #215.

Moved the same way as Zayah

Ada Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zayah went from #4739 to #2000 and Ada from #280 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zayah went from #4739 to #2000 and Alma from #684 to #234.
Aria Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zayah went from #4739 to #2000 and Aria from #214 to #35.
Astrid Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zayah went from #4739 to #2000 and Astrid from #626 to #263.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2013 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1325 in England and Wales in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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