Zoya
given name · English · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Zoya is a given name, most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is the 84th most common given name. It appears chiefly in English and Russian, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Vida.
- PLPoland1 in 208◐
- UAUkraine1 in 505
- RURussia1 in 592
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈545K ●
- #720 ●
- 7 ●
- Sources
- 241 ●
- 1 in 208 ◐
across 14 countries
of 16M given names
recorded for this name
1.1M records
Official registry-verified
Poland
Spellings & scripts●
Locally spelled Зоя in RU Russia, UA Ukraine, KZ Kazakhstan and 5 more, Agata in PL Poland, US United States, CZ Czechia and 4 more, זויה in IL Israel, LV Latvia and Zoja in SI Slovenia, XK Kosovo.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin●
Vida
Sources 1
- 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RU Russia | #84 | 1,749,451 | 338K rec. | — | #30 | Зоя | 159 |
| UA Ukraine | #79 | 626,039 | 623K rec. | — | — | Зоя | 46 |
| PL Poland | #77 | 184,481△ | 30K rec. | 1 in 208 | 184K | Agata | 200 |
| US United States | — | 125,281△ | 26K rec. | 1 in 2.7K | 125K | Agata | 241 |
| BR Brazil | — | 99,759△ | 91 rec. | 1 in 2.1K | 100K | Zoya | 16 |
| FR France | — | 67,570△ | 28 rec. | 1 in 1K | 68K | — | 4 |
| IL Israel | #547 | 18,199 | 18K rec. | — | 24 | זויה | 20 |
| HU Hungary | — | 14,097 | — | 1 in 693 | 14K | — | — |
| ES Spain | — | 12,238△ | 1.6K rec. | 1 in 4.1K | 12K | Zoya | 60 |
| TR Türkiye | — | 12,144 | 1.1K rec. | — | — | Зоя | 11 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 11,551△ | 633 rec. | 1 in 1.5K | 12K | Agata | 46 |
| KG Kyrgyzstan | #317 | 11,142 | 3.1K rec. | — | — | Зоя | 15 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English21K33%
- Russian7.8K12%
- Spanish4.3K7%
- Hindi3.3K5%
- Polish3.2K5%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 21,032 | 33% |
| Russian | 7,849 | 12% |
| Spanish | 4,323 | 7% |
| Hindi | 3,340 | 5% |
| Polish | 3,245 | 5% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1963 | 5 |
| 1982 | 6 |
| 1987 | 5 |
| 1988 | 10 |
| 1989 | 15 |
| 1990 | 21 |
| 1991 | 19 |
| 1992 | 25 |
| 1993 | 24 |
| 1994 | 13 |
| 1995 | 45 |
| 1996 | 58 |
| 1997 | 38 |
| 1998 | 37 |
| 1999 | 51 |
| 2000 | 60 |
| 2001 | 64 |
| 2002 | 59 |
| 2003 | 67 |
| 2004 | 84 |
| 2005 | 87 |
| 2006 | 77 |
| 2007 | 106 |
| 2008 | 119 |
| 2009 | 123 |
| 2010 | 148 |
| 2011 | 156 |
| 2012 | 147 |
| 2013 | 222 |
| 2014 | 225 |
| 2015 | 173 |
| 2016 | 219 |
| 2017 | 202 |
| 2018 | 219 |
| 2019 | 220 |
| 2020 | 282 |
| 2021 | 267 |
| 2022 | 358 |
| 2023 | 311 |
| 2024 | 266 |
| 2025 | 252 |
US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 41 years between 1963–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Eupraxia Mstislavnab. 1101UAnot in their usual namea Rus' princess
- Zoya Fyodorovab. 1909RUSoviet-Russian actress (1909-1981)
- Zoya Bulgakovab. 1914RURussian Soviet stage actress (1914-2017)
- Zoé Oldenbourgb. 1916FRnot in their usual nameRussian-born French historian and novelist (1916-2002)
- Zoya Kosmodemyanskayab. 1923RUSoviet resistance member of World War II and Heroine of the Soviet Union (1923–1941)
- Zoja Rudnovab. 1946RUnot in their usual nameSoviet table tennis player
- Zoya Pirzadb. 1952IRIranian writer
- Zoya Buryakb. 1966RUSoviet and Russian actress
- Zoya Akhtarb. 1974INIndian film director
- Zoya Kaydanovskayab. 1976RUSoviet and Russian actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 67 sources across 38 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 5K | #3,881 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 756 | #547 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 756 | #547 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 434 | #2,764 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 398 | #5,356 |
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 365 | #2,633 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 289 | #388 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 252 | — |
| LV Latvia | PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register) | — | 192 | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 172 | #5,814 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 114 | — |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 2024 | 105 | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 297 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Zoya?
- We estimate roughly 545 thousand people bear Zoya (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.
- In which country does Zoya have the most bearers?
- Zoya is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled зоя.
- Where is Zoya most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Zoya is densest in Poland — about 1 in 208 people — even though Russia holds more of our records for it.
- How common is Zoya compared with other names?
- In Russia, Zoya is the 84th most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.
- Is Zoya a male or female name?
- Zoya is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Zoya mean?
- Recorded meaning: Vida
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Zoya” — the 84th most common given name in Russia. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.