Zia
#1,467 for girls in 2025, 146 births · #7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
Given to girls 90.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2024 · 200 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,228since 1976
Zia 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 | |
| 2025 | #1,467 | 146 | #7,194 | 11 |
| 2024 | #1,191 | 200 | #6,469 | 13 |
| 2023 | #1,255 | 183 | #7,289 | 11 |
| 2022 | #1,304 | 181 | #4,570 | 22 |
| 2021 | #1,419 | 152 | #7,089 | 11 |
| 2020 | #1,357 | 161 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2019 | #1,218 | 192 | #5,153 | 18 |
| 2018 | #1,532 | 142 | #6,036 | 14 |
| 2017 | #1,761 | 119 | #7,095 | 11 |
| 2016 | #1,560 | 143 | #8,146 | 9 |
| 2015 | #1,643 | 130 | #5,999 | 14 |
| 2014 | #1,714 | 122 | #6,307 | 13 |
| 2013 | #1,587 | 135 | #5,404 | 16 |
| 2012 | #1,651 | 129 | #5,482 | 16 |
| 2011 | #1,840 | 109 | #5,433 | 16 |
| 2010 | #2,313 | 82 | #6,359 | 13 |
| 2009 | #2,119 | 95 | #8,985 | 8 |
| 2008 | #2,609 | 71 | #5,767 | 15 |
| 2007 | #2,059 | 99 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | #2,375 | 79 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,081 | 51 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #2,742 | 59 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #2,840 | 54 | #8,643 | 7 |
| 2002 | #3,595 | 37 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #2,924 | 49 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #2,777 | 52 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | #3,443 | 36 | — | |
| 1998 | #4,023 | 28 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,508 | 23 | — | |
| 1996 | #4,453 | 23 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #4,846 | 20 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #4,826 | 20 | — | |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 | — | |
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| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | — | |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | — | |
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| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | — | |
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| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | — | |
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| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Zia! It came in at #9,284, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1976–1981, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Zia is popular in 2021
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New Mexico#102 · 1 in 385
- District of Columbia#206 · 1 in 554
- California#844 · 1 in 4,717
- Virginia#1,050 · 1 in 5,763
- Washington#1,093 · 1 in 5,904
Best ever in a state: #58 in New Mexico, 2019.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #102 | 13 | 1 in 385 |
| District of Columbia | #206 | 5 | 1 in 554 |
| California | #844 | 37 | 1 in 4,717 |
| Virginia | #1,050 | 6 | 1 in 5,763 |
| Washington | #1,093 | 5 | 1 in 5,904 |
| Florida | #1,348 | 9 | 1 in 9,289 |
| Ohio | #1,459 | 5 | 1 in 9,721 |
| Texas | #1,619 | 14 | 1 in 11,106 |
| New York | #1,675 | 7 | 1 in 11,607 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Zia
- 276 spots since 2024 (#1,191 → #1,467)
- 110 spots since 2020 (#1,357 → #1,467)
- 176 spots since 2015 (#1,643 → #1,467)
- Debuted 1976
- Peaked 2024 at #1,191 (200 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 8,101 girls born in 2024 were named Zia (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 11,009 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 40.4% of all girls named Zia (1,303) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 | #9,284 (1976) | #9,284 |
| 1980s | 50 | #6,160 (1989) | #8,843 |
| 1990s | 201 | #3,443 (1999) | #5,410 |
| 2000s | 646 | #2,059 (2007) | #2,712 |
| 2010s | 1,303 | #1,218 (2019) | #1,682 |
| 2020s | 1,023 | #1,191 (2024) | #1,332 |
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.
Zia in 2021
Top girls' names in 2021
Top boys' names in 2021
More about 2021
girls
1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 10,795 of them was named Zia, which outranked 92.0% of the 17,676 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,416Blayke153
- #1,416Inaaya153
- #1,416Rori153
- #1,419Zia152
- #1,419Anyla152
- #1,419Clarke152
- #1,419Echo152
- #1,426Aranza151
- #1,426Emeri151
- #1,426Montserrat151
Tied with 6 names at #1,419; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 159,044 of them was named Zia, which outranked 49.7% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #6,698Zeplin12
- #6,698Zeyad12
- #6,698Zyrus12
- #7,089Zia11
- #7,089Aadil11
- #7,089Aalijah11
- #7,089Aaren11
- #7,587Aadhi10
- #7,587Abdifatah10
- #7,587Abdulahi10
Tied with 497 names at #7,089; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.