Fun Facts About the Name Zaaliyah
- 63 babies named Zaaliyah: U.S. records list 63 babies given the name Zaaliyah from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Zaaliyah Mean?
Zaaliyah is a rare feminine given name, and no meaning for it is recorded in standard dictionaries of personal names. Its ending, -iyah, has the same shape as the Hebrew divine element -yah (a shortened form of the name of God) seen in names such as Aliyah and Moriyah, but formal resemblance alone does not show that Zaaliyah comes from Hebrew or that the element carries that meaning here. The opening Zaa- does not match a documented Hebrew or Arabic root in this combination, and no earlier form of the name has been traced. Because neither the source language nor the original word can be identified, the meaning must be treated as unknown rather than assigned a translation.
Zaaliyah Name History & Origins
Zaaliyah is used in English-speaking countries, chiefly in the United States, where its spelling places it among feminine names ending in -iyah, such as Aliyah, Amiyah, and Maliyah, that became frequent in American naming in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Whether Zaaliyah was formed by analogy with those names or comes from an unrelated source is not documented, and no earlier written forms of the name have been identified. Names in this group resemble one another in sound but do not necessarily share an origin.
The name is separate from the Georgian masculine name Zaali, a short form of Zaal, which goes back to the Persian figure Zāl, father of Rostam in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh. A similar sound does not establish a shared history, and the two names are not known to be connected.
How Popular is the Name Zaaliyah?
Zaaliyah has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2016. Its best rank was #9,404 in 2016.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,896 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 2024 | #12,087 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2022 | #10,356 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2020 | #17,446 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #13,753 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2016 | #9,404 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2014 | #16,459 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #16,795 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Zaaliyah Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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