Recorded 2000–2025 · United States
Zalaya was most popular in 2023, when 65 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,727 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,847, with 62 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 584 people named Zalaya.
Zalaya first appears in Social Security Administration records in 2000, which makes it about 25 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 22 of the 26 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 584 American births named Zalaya 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 580 are estimated to be alive today.
62 American babies were named Zalaya in 2025, ranking #4,847 that year.
Zalaya is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 51 births a year, against 18 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +182% 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 Zalaya is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 584 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 580 Americans named Zalaya are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 6 years old, and half are between 3 and 11. That is a narrow band because Zalaya 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.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org