How popular is the name Ziya?

1,896 US babies were named Ziya between 1940 and 2025. The name peaked in 2022.

What careers are people named Ziya over-represented in?

Among notable men who are politicians, Ziyas show up 1.5× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is. This is a pattern among people who already have the name, not a prediction.

Name meaning & stats

Ziya

Ziya. 1,896 US babies since 1940, peak 2022. Notable Ziyas are 1.5× over-represented as politicians.

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What it means

No agreed meaning on record

In US birth records

Peak year: 2022

1,896 US babies were named Ziya between 1940 and 2025.

Ziya around the world

France: 105 babies since 1900, peak 2024
England & Wales: 48 babies since 1996, peak 2023

From official birth registries. Sources are listed on About the data.

Where Ziyas end up

Career	vs expected	Confidence
Politician	1.5×	Medium · 10 people
Footballer	1.3×	Low · 8 people
Professor	1.0×	Low · 3 people
Film director	1.4×	Low · 3 people

Among notable men who are politicians, Ziyas show up 1.5× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is.

Notable people of every nationality born 1940–2005 (Wikidata). Patterns, not destiny.

Other spellings

Ziya is the main spelling

Siah 84%
Seiya 16%

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 2022)