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 2006
Top girls' names in 2006
Top boys' names in 2006
More about 2006
girls
1,901,209 girls got a published name in 2006; 1 in 211,245 of them was named Zi, which outranked 43.1% of the 20,064 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #10,611Zuleica10
- #10,611Zuriel10
- #10,611Zyann10
- #11,417Zi9
- #11,417Aalaysia9
- #11,417Aaliyana9
- #11,417Aaminah9
- #12,420Aajah8
- #12,420Aajaylah8
- #12,420Aaleah8
Tied with 1,002 names at #11,417; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 8,571Bethzy#9,452 → #881
- ↑ 1,747Rihanna#2,278 → #531
- ↑ 965Yaretzi#1,803 → #838
- ↑ 921Betsy#1,668 → #747
- ↑ 612Evangeline#1,210 → #598
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,055,273 boys got a published name in 2006; 1 in 256,909 of them was named Zi, which outranked 37.8% of the 14,047 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).