Ziya is a distinctive choice, ranked #1302 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Ziya in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1302
About the Name Ziya
Ziya is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 1313 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #1282 in 2022 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a regular feature in UK records since 2008.
Ziya is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Ziya
Unlikely. With around 25 UK babies named Ziya per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Ziya in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Ziya is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 1313 places over the last five years to #1302 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Ziya 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 Ziya include: Ziya Cemal Kadıoğlu — Ziya Cemal Kadıoğlu is a Turkish general who has been the 34th and current commander of the Turkish Air Force since 16 August 2023.; Ziya Babashov — Ziya Babashov is an Azerbaijani Greco-Roman wrestler who competes in the 63 kg weight category.; Ziya Öztürkler — Dr Ziya Öztürkler is a Turkish Cypriot politician, serving as the current Assembly Speaker of Northern Cyprus since October 2024..
Ziya does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Ziyas in the wild.
25
UK babies named Ziya (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
↑ 1313 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Ziya
Likely around 1 other Ziya in the class
UK Popularity (2008–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Ziya
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Ziya Babashov is an Azerbaijani Greco-Roman wrestler who competes in the 63 kg weight category. He is the 2025 U23 World Champion and a three-time Azerbaijani national champion.
Ziya Musa oglu Bunyadov (Azerbaijani: Ziya Musa oğlu Bünyadov, sometimes spelled in English as Zia Buniatov or Bunyatov; 21 December 1921 in Astara – 21 February 1997) was an Azerbaijani historian, academician, and Vice-President of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan. As a historian, he also headed the Institute of History of the Azerbaijani Academy of Sciences for many years.
Ziya Mammadov Arzuman oglu (Azerbaijani: Ziya Məmmədov Arzuman oğlu) is an Azerbaijani politician and billionaire who served as the Minister of Transportation. BBC News has described him as among "the wealthiest and most powerful in the governing elite" in Azerbaijan.
Abu Ahmad Muhammad Abdullah Azami or Ziya-ur-Rahman Azmi was an Indian-born Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar who served as the Dean of the Department of Hadith at the Islamic University of Madinah. He is known for his compilation of hadith titled Al-Jaami’ ul-Kamil fi al-Hadith al-Sahih al-Shamil which contains all authentic Prophetic narrations (Sahih Hadiths) as per his claim.
Mehmet Ziya Gökalp was a Turkish sociologist, writer, poet, and politician. After the 1908 Young Turk Revolution that reinstated constitutionalism in the Ottoman Empire, he adopted the pen name Gökalp ("celestial hero"), which he retained for the rest of his life.