How popular is the baby name Zavayah in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Zavayah.

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Popularity of the baby name Zavayah


Posts that mention the name Zavayah

Where did the baby name Zhavia come from in 2018?

Contestants Zhavia and Elanese from the TV series "The Four" (2018).
Zhavia vs. Elanese on “The Four

The baby name Zhavia — plus at least five spelling variants — debuted very impressively in the U.S. baby name data in 2018:

The name Elanese also debuted in 2018, though not as impressively:

Both names came from the same source: The Four, a reality TV music competition that began airing in January of 2018.

Vocalists Elanese [EL-ah-nees] Lansen and Zhavia [zha-VIE-ah] Ward went head-to-head in the very first episode. Elanese was eliminated, but Zhavia lasted for seven episodes (out of a total of eight).

The heavy marketing of the show toward the end of 2017 probably also played a part in highlighting these two particular contestants — and, of course, their names.

So we know that Zhavia came out on top in both the singing competition and in the baby name data, but which of the two names do you prefer? Why?

P.S. A third The Four name, Sharaya, returned to the data in 2018 after being absent for several years.