Zaya is a distinctive choice, ranked #869 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Zaya in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#869
About the Name Zaya
Zaya is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 580 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #647 in 2023 β and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been recorded in UK data since 2012.
Zaya is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school β standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Zaya
Unlikely. With around 42 UK babies named Zaya per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Zaya in her class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Zaya is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 580 places over the last five years to #869 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Zaya is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Zaya include: Zaya Wade β Zaya Wade is an American model and social media influencer.; Zaya Pandita β Zaya Pandita Namkhaijamts was a Mongolian Tibetan Buddhist missionary priest and scholar of Oirat origin who is the most prominent Oirat Buddhist scholar..
Zaya does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice β your child is unlikely to encounter American Zayas in the wild.
42
UK babies named Zaya (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 580 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Zaya
Likely around 1 other Zaya in the class
UK Popularity (2012–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Zaya
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Zaya Avdysh (Ukrainian: ΠΠ°Ρ ΠΠ΅Π΄ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡ ΠΠ²Π΄ΠΈΡ) was a Soviet football player and Ukrainian football coach and the president of FC Polissya Zhytomyr in 1999β2004. Zaya was a brother of another football player and later a football referee Valeriy Avdysh.
Zaya Pandita Namkhaijamts was a Mongolian Tibetan Buddhist missionary priest and scholar of Oirat origin who is the most prominent Oirat Buddhist scholar. Among his accomplishments is the invention of the Clear Script.