Zoya

What Zoya means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Zoya yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1963, with 5 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Zoya?

US: Rising: up from #1366 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #218 in 2015, #224 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2022, when 358 girls got the name (#789 that year). First in the US records in 1963.

How common

• About 1 in 6,378 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,218 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,193 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WA (0.55 per 1,000 girls), CT (0.43 per 1,000 girls), MD (0.4 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Zoya is #1000 in the US and #224 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Zoya were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Siya304 US · 71 E&W
• Zaya170 US · 30 E&W
• Ziya100 US · 20 E&W
• Zya102 US · 4 E&W
• Ziyah62 US · 9 E&W
• Saya59 US · 10 E&W
• Zayah44 US · 14 E&W
• Zaiya40 US · 5 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Zoya

Girls

• Naomi#47“my pleasantness”^*
• Eliza#115Editor’s note Up from #175 in 2015 to #115 in 2025 in the US
• River#219From the word “river”^*
• Parker#106From a surname for “a gamekeeper”^*
• Emery#74Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #74 vs #1,197 in 2025
• Alani#161Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #529 in 2015, #161 in 2025

For a brother

• Enzo#72“home + ruler”^*
• Hudson#17Editor’s note Up from #65 in 2015 to #17 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 200 US boys in the 2025 records
• Archer#98Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #289 in 2015, #98 in 2025
• Silas#71Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #71 vs #585 in 2025
• Mateo#8Same root as Matthew, meaning “gift of the Lord”^*
• Messiah#207Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1973, with 5 babies

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Zoya’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.