Zoa

#6,325 for girls in 2025, 18 births

Peak · girls
1884 · 13 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
616
since 1880

Zoa over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Zoa has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201902peak #583, 1884girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#6,32518
2024#6,93216
2023#4,65529
2022#5,79321
2021#7,25015
2020#9,54610
2019#10,4739
2018#7,40915
2017#7,44215
2016#16,2155
2015#11,8358
2014#10,9559
2013#11,9698
2012#11,2579
2011#10,37410
2010#11,2469
2009
2008#13,8327
2007#11,6309
2006#11,4179
2005#16,4625
2004
2003
2002#15,4325
2001
2000
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1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
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1982
1981
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1979
1978#9,7505
1977
1976
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1974
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1972
1971
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1969
1968
1967
1966
1965
1964
1963
1962
1961
1960
1959#6,2455
1958
1957#6,0865
1956
1955
1954
1953#5,6735
1952
1951
1950
1949#5,2445
1948
1947#4,7646
1946
1945
1944
1943#4,6915
1942#4,6225
1941
1940
1939
1938
1937#3,1468
1936
1935
1934
1933
1932
1931#3,8486
1930#3,6587
1929
1928#3,7437
1927#4,2866
1926#2,87211
1925
1924#4,4346
1923
1922#3,6558
1921#4,0237
1920#2,89911
1919#2,51513
1918#2,82211
1917#2,87910
1916#2,13315
1915#2,05015
1914#3,1886
1913#2,5407
1912#1,9819
1911#2,1916
1910
1909
1908
1907#2,0615
1906
1905
1904#1,8775
1903
1902#1,4387
1901
1900
1899#1,3946
1898
1897#1,2637
1896
1895#1,2028
1894#1,1368
1893#1,0918
1892#1,0179
1891#1,0068
1890#1,0997
1889#68714
1888#79311
1887#7889
1886#63313
1885#9216
1884#58313
1883#9205
1882#6788
1881
1880#6288
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Zoa was already there! It came in at #628, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Zoa
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 607 spots since 2024 (#6,932#6,325)
  • 3,221 spots since 2020 (#9,546#6,325)
  • 5,510 spots since 2015 (#11,835#6,325)
  • Biggest jump: 337 spots in 1884 (#920#583)
  • Biggest drop: 412 spots in 1890 (#687#1,099)
Rise & fade · girls
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1884 at #583 (13 births)
  • Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1882–1889
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,925
  • Highest: 1 in 9,925 girls born in 1884 were named Zoa (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 89,293 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
  • 17.7% of all girls named Zoa (109) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s87#583 (1884)#737
1890s61#1,006 (1891)#1,151
1900s17#1,438 (1902)#1,792
1910s92#1,981 (1912)#2,478
1920s56#2,872 (1926)#3,702
1930s21#3,146 (1937)#3,551
1940s21#4,622 (1942)#4,830
1950s15#5,673 (1953)#6,001
1960s0
1970s5#9,750 (1978)#9,750
1980s0
1990s0
2000s35#11,417 (2006)#13,755
2010s97#7,409 (2018)#10,918
2020s109#4,655 (2023)#6,750

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.

Zoa in 1902

girls
#1,438
7 births · 1 in 37,725 girls

Top girls' names in 1902

  1. #1Mary14,486
  2. #2Helen5,967
  3. #3Anna5,288
  4. #4Margaret5,011
  5. #5Ruth4,384
  6. #6Elizabeth3,694
  7. #7Florence3,509
  8. #8Marie3,424
  9. #9Ethel3,295
  10. #10Alice3,135
  11. #1,438Zoa7
More about 1902

girls

264,073 girls got a published name in 1902; 1 in 37,725 of them was named Zoa, which outranked 29.6% of the 2,042 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zoa
  1. #1,320Zelia8
  2. #1,320Zell8
  3. #1,320Zilpha8
  4. #1,438Zoa7
  5. #1,438Abby7
  6. #1,438Alcie7
  7. #1,438Aldine7
  8. #1,594Adalene6
  9. #1,594Adriana6
  10. #1,594Agusta6

Tied with 155 names at #1,438; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1901
Risers
  1. 1,031Lolita#1,679#648
  2. 861Cathleen#1,679#818
  3. 743Maple#1,679#936
  4. 743Margarite#1,679#936
  5. 707Mignon#1,679#972
Fallers
  1. 1,046Veva#747#1,793
  2. 847Janette#747#1,594
  3. 832Laurine#961#1,793
  4. 676Aura#918#1,594
  5. 667Electa#771#1,438

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1902