Recorded 2003–2025 · United States
Zaia was most popular in 2023, when 130 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,970 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,625, with 66 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 627 people named Zaia.
Zaia first appears in Social Security Administration records in 2003, which makes it about 22 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 20 of the 23 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 627 American births named Zaia 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 623 are estimated to be alive today.
66 American babies were named Zaia in 2025, ranking #4,625 that year.
Zaia is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 76 births a year, against 12 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +555% 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 Zaia is a girl’s name — 97.3% of the 627 Americans given it were girls and 2.7% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 97% girls and 3% 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 623 Americans named Zaia are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 4 years old, and half are between 3 and 7. That is a narrow band because Zaia 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