Zayra Girl
How popular is Zayra?
#3,779 girl name in 2025
39 baby girls were named Zayra in the US in 2025, making it the 3779th most popular girl name.
Zayra popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #3,779 for girls (▼ 320 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 39 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-3% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,766 in 2015, #3,914 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2004 (82 girls) |
| Highest rank | #2,172 in 2004 |
| First recorded | 1981 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Zayra counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Zaira family of names ranked #838 for girls in 2025 (#903 the year before), with 279 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Zaira | 224 | 80% |
| Zayra | 39 | 14% |
| Zairah | 16 | 6% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Zayra is most popular
Babies named Zayra per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (55 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (39 girls)
- Illinois: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Zayra by decade
Girl names about as popular as Zayra
Questions
- Is Zayra a boy or girl name?
- Zayra is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Zayra were girls.
- How popular is the name Zayra?
- 39 baby girls were named Zayra in the US in 2025, making it the 3779th most popular girl name.
- When was Zayra most popular?
- Zayra peaked in 2004, when 82 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,172 in 2004.
- How many people are named Zayra?
- 1,683 babies have been named Zayra in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,668 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 19.
- Where is Zayra most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Zayra was most common in California, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.