Zi
Last seen for girls in 2017 at #15,902 · Last seen for boys in 2016 at #10,744
Given to girls 50.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2005 · 12 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 67since 2001
Zi over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | — | |
| 2016 | — | #10,744 | 6 | |
| 2015 | — | #10,644 | 6 | |
| 2014 | — | #9,642 | 7 | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | — | |
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| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | — | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 | #7,640 | 9 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #11,356 | 5 |
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| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #6,522 | 10 |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Zi! It came in at #12,056, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2003–2004, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Zi
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2017
- Debuted 2001
- Peaked 2005 at #8,883 (12 births)
- Births halved by 2008, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 153,987 girls born in 2005 were named Zi (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 345,292 girls born in 2017 (0.00%)
- 77.6% of all girls named Zi (52) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2016, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 52 | #8,883 (2005) | #13,031 |
| 2010s | 15 | #15,902 (2017) | #16,439 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Zi in 2005
Top girls' names in 2005
Top boys' names in 2005
More about 2005
girls
1,847,842 girls got a published name in 2005; 1 in 153,987 of them was named Zi, which outranked 53.7% of the 19,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #8,330Zyana13
- #8,330Zyanna13
- #8,330Zyeria13
- #8,883Zi12
- #8,883Aarna12
- #8,883Abelina12
- #8,883Adalene12
- #9,452Aalia11
- #9,452Aalyssa11
- #9,452Aamori11
Tied with 568 names at #8,883; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,997,305 boys got a published name in 2005; 1 in 221,923 of them was named Zi, which outranked 42.9% of the 13,370 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #7,096Zidane10
- #7,096Ziyan10
- #7,096Zyere10
- #7,640Zi9
- #7,640Aashish9
- #7,640Abdelaziz9
- #7,640Abdoulie9
- #8,299Abass8
- #8,299Abdulai8
- #8,299Abukar8
Tied with 658 names at #7,640; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.