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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 2013
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New Mexico#184 · 1 in 675
- Colorado#556 · 1 in 2,525
- California#1,122 · 1 in 7,599
- New Jersey#1,150 · 1 in 7,299
- Florida#1,408 · 1 in 10,145
Best ever in a state: #58 in New Mexico, 2019.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #184 | 10 | 1 in 675 |
| Colorado | #556 | 9 | 1 in 2,525 |
| California | #1,122 | 27 | 1 in 7,599 |
| New Jersey | #1,150 | 5 | 1 in 7,299 |
| Florida | #1,408 | 8 | 1 in 10,145 |
| Texas | #1,755 | 12 | 1 in 13,414 |
| New York | #2,158 | 5 | 1 in 18,252 |
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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 2013
Top girls' names in 2013
Top boys' names in 2013
More about 2013
girls
1,754,746 girls got a published name in 2013; 1 in 12,998 of them was named Zia, which outranked 91.8% of the 19,279 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,576Nyomi136
- #1,576Raniyah136
- #1,576Tala136
- #1,587Zia135
- #1,587Amerie135
- #1,587Christian135
- #1,587Emi135
- #1,599Amarie134
- #1,599Andie134
- #1,599Anisa134
Tied with 11 names at #1,587; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,891,581 boys got a published name in 2013; 1 in 118,224 of them was named Zia, which outranked 61.6% of the 14,070 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,171Zayed17
- #5,171Zeth17
- #5,171Zoltan17
- #5,404Zia16
- #5,404Aadam16
- #5,404Aarin16
- #5,404Abigail16
- #5,659Aaryav15
- #5,659Aasim15
- #5,659Abdimalik15
Tied with 254 names at #5,404; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.