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“A Hausa royal name — Queen Amina's sister Zaria, the city's namesake” — Hausa (royal name) origin
Girl's name · #945 in the US (2025) · 2000s
Zaria reached #479 in 2000 and has eased to #945 since. About 11,000 girls have carried it since 1982. Together with its spelling variants Zariah (#450), Zariyah (#645), and Zariya (#2255), Zaria would rank around #204 with about 1,500 births last year — the newborns split about 47/30/18/5 across Zariah, Zariyah, Zaria, and Zariya.
Around the world: about 1 in 5,600 girls in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 11,000 girls in England & Wales (2025).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 28 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 19 notable people named Zaria:
Sports figures appear 3.53× more often than among typical names — e.g. Zaria, Australian professional wrestler.
Similar names: Zariya · Giovanna · Sarina · Azaria · Kaya · Salma
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