# Zoya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/zoya/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,885 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 4,885 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,731, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 156 | 1,454 |
| 2012 | 147 | 1,517 |
| 2013 | 222 | 1,104 |
| 2014 | 225 | 1,127 |
| 2015 | 173 | 1,371 |
| 2016 | 219 | 1,151 |
| 2017 | 202 | 1,203 |
| 2018 | 219 | 1,121 |
| 2019 | 220 | 1,112 |
| 2020 | 282 | 921 |
| 2021 | 267 | 974 |
| 2022 | 358 | 792 |
| 2023 | 311 | 861 |
| 2024 | 266 | 977 |
| 2025 | 252 | 1,002 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 172 | 285 |
| 2012 | 229 | 220 |
| 2013 | 302 | 175 |
| 2014 | 262 | 203 |
| 2015 | 241 | 218 |
| 2016 | 244 | 215 |
| 2017 | 200 | 248 |
| 2018 | 258 | 201 |
| 2019 | 247 | 200 |
| 2020 | 312 | 162 |
| 2021 | 277 | 185 |
| 2022 | 287 | 178 |
| 2023 | 257 | 193 |
| 2024 | 231 | 209 |
| 2025 | 208 | 224 |

## People named Zoya

- Zoya Schleining, German chess player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.