Ziya
Ziya is a name with multiple cultural origins: Arabic, Turkish.
- Arabic
- Turkish
Meaning & Origin of Ziya
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ziya is a name with multiple cultural origins: Arabic, Turkish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
- Turkish
The Story of Ziya
The earliest SSA record of Ziya as a baby girl name dates back to 1999, when 11 babies received it. 2022 was its biggest year on record, with 147 newborns named Ziya — #1,485 in the national rankings. About 45% of every Ziya on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Ziya ranks #1,585 for baby girls with 133 births, gradually rising (+6%). All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Ziya
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Ziya. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Ziya
Ziya is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1999 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Ziya's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #1,485. Use the chart and map above to compare Ziya's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.