How rare is the name Zoya?

5,052 people in the United States have the first name Zoya, about 1 in 59,785. It ranks #3,881 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ZOYA

#3,881

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,052
About
1 in 59,785
This common or more
83.2%
Who bears it

Of the 5,052 people named Zoya, 46.5% reported their origin as White, 41.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 5% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Zoya peaked in 2022, when 358 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19632025
Peak year
2022
Births that year
358
In 2025*
252 ▼30%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,885 babies have been given the name since 1963. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Zoya by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,733. The largest share of babies named Zoya, 65.8%, were born in 2013 or later.

1960s#17,2535
1980s#16,76836
1990s#5,654331
2000s#3,745846
2010s#2,2611,931
2020s#1,7331,736
Baby boom 1946–640.1%
Millennials 1981–964.9%
Generation Z 1997–1229.1%
2013 and later65.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Zoya is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Zoya has been most common in Virginia (2.4×), Washington (2.4×), and California (2.2×), and least common in Ohio (0.4×).

3,540 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Zoya

1 other first name also has 5,052 people.

#3,881 Kelsea · 5,052

Either side of Zoya

#3,880 Ceasar · 5,053#3,881 Kelsea · 5,052#3,883 Tobin · 5,051#3,884 Soon · 5,050

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Zoya, most common first.

#13,062 Zoha · 935#18,739 Zoua · 572#25,229 Zoa · 377#25,865 Zoia · 364#49,815 Zoye · 123

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